Kevin W. Moore, associate dean for research at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has been named Arts & Sciences senior associate dean for faculty affairs at Duke University.
Moore, who will assume his new post July 1, succeeds Charles W. Byrd, who is retiring. Byrd, an adjunct associate professor of Romance studies, has been associate dean for faculty affairs since 1987.
Moore has been associate dean for research at UNCG since 2004, supervising leave policies, searches, departmental reviews and other administrative processes. He previously held appointments at the Social Science Research Council in New York; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; California State University, Hayward; the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam; and worked as an independent journalist for The Nation magazine.
Moore, who holds a bachelor's degree and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley, was co-editor of "Lessons of Empire: Imperial Histories and American Power" (The New Press, 2006), and "Critical Views of September 11" (The New Press, 2002).
"Kevin Moore has considerable experience as a scholar and an administrator," said George L. McLendon, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences at Duke. "We are certain he will make a valuable contribution to the Arts & Sciences administration in the important areas of faculty searches and appointments; departmental bylaws; the appointment, promotion, and tenure process; and faculty sabbaticals and leaves.
"I wish to thank Chuck Byrd for his many wonderful contributions to Arts & Sciences. We will miss him and his wonderful sense of humor and wish him well."
Moore said, "Duke's reputation for academic excellence rests on the abilities of its faculty. I am pleased to be part of the Arts & Sciences administration, and to be involved in helping bring the best faculty to Duke and to retain the best faculty as well. Chuck Byrd's departure surely leaves a significant gap in historical memory, but he has graciously agreed to help ease us through the upcoming transition period. I very much look forward to working with him, and with the rest of the Arts & Sciences community."