Administrative Leadership

Sally Francis, dean

Graduate School

Dr. Sally K. Francis assumed her position as dean of the Graduate School in 1999, succeeding Thomas J. Maresh. Dean Francis is past president of the International Textiles and Apparel Association. She also has served as president of the OSU Faculty Senate.

Her academic home is the Department of Apparel, Interiors, Housing, and Merchandising. Her primary research areas of interest are consumer behavior as it relates to clothing and textiles, specifically clothing disposition.

Francis has been a faculty member and administrator at Oregon State University since 1982.

Graduate School

The Graduate School at Oregon State University contributes to the creation and discovery of knowledge and other forms of scholarship by facilitating graduate student scholarly activities, providing leadership in defining excellence in the graduate experience, promoting an environment that nurtures exploring and learning, and advocating the benefits of the graduate enterprise on a local and global level.

To accomplish its mission, the Graduate School seeks to ensure excellence, consistency, and continuity in graduate programs, establish and monitor institutional standards, and stimulate improvement and change in the curricular and creative setting. The Graduate School works with all relevant parties to maintain the centrality of graduate education to the mission of Oregon State University and to stimulate the graduate environment.