UAS Names Silkaitis Dean of Arts and Sciences

The University of Alaska Southeast is pleased to announce that Carin Silkaitis has been named the new Dean of Arts & Sciences. She replaces Dr. Paula Martin, who has served as the interim dean of the school since April 2021. As dean, Silkatis provides leadership for the school and its four departments: business and public administration, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Silkaitis will alternate between Juneau and Chicago over the next academic year.

Most recently Carin Silkaitis worked for Columbia College Chicago where she served as the Allen and Lynn Turner Chair of the theatre department, serving 91 faculty members and almost 800 students. Prior to that she worked for North Central College as the department chair for both art and theatre and was also a Title IX Investigator and lead trainer of the Green Dot Bystander Technique. She earned a bachelor’s in psychology from Indiana University and holds a Master of Fine Arts in theatre performance from Roosevelt University in Illinois.