Hunter College has named leading Education scholar Julie Gorlewski as the new Dean of its School of Education, Interim Provost Manoj Pardasani announced.
Dr. Gorlewski, who was chosen following a national search, will begin her role on August 12, pending approval by the CUNY Board of Trustees. She succeeds Dr. Jenny Tuten, who has served as the Interim Dean for the last year.
“We heartily welcome Dr. Gorlewski to the Hunter family and thank the members of the Search Committee for their diligence and commitment to an inclusive and collaborative search,” Provost Pardasani said. “We thank Dean Tuten for her thoughtful, inclusive, and creative leadership, which has brought stability and continued success to the school.”
Dr. Gorlewski comes to Hunter from the University at Buffalo, where she was a professor of Learning and Instruction and the Senior Associate Dean for Teacher Education and Academic Affairs in the Graduate School of Education.
The author of many peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, Dr. Gorlewski served from 2013 to 2018 as the editor of English Journal, the flagship publication of the National Council of Teachers of English. Dr. Gorlewski is co-chair of the New York State Professional Standards & Practices Board for Teaching and a Commissioner for the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation. She was selected as a fellow for the American Educational Research Association Social Context in Education Group, and from 2016 to 2019 served as a section co-chair of AERA’s Curriculum Studies Division.
Dr. Gorlewski holds New York State Permanent Certification in Secondary English Education and Elementary-Early Childhood Education. She earned her PhD at the University at Buffalo and her BS in Secondary English Education at Buffalo State College.
Acting Dean Tuten, who has served as department chair and associate provost, is an expert in Literacy Education. She helps teachers meet the needs of diverse literacy learners in urban schools, improve literacy instruction, and raise family and community engagement. She received her doctorate in Language, Literacy and Learning from Fordham University.
