Dr. Mary Todd
Founding Dean, Honors College
Professor, Department of Religious Studies

Education
(History), Valparaiso University
M.A. (History), Roosevelt University
Ph.D. (U.S. History), University of Illinois at Chicago

Research
Dr. Todd's research, which involves the use of oral history, focuses on issues of authority and identity among American Lutherans that led to a schism in the 1970s and their ongoing differences over the ordination of women.

Background
Dr. Todd has been recruited to Marshall University as the Founding Dean of the new Honors College. She will work in conjunction with the provost’s office, college deans, department chairs, and faculty to create a three-year plan for the College. As the former Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Ohio Dominican University, Dr. Todd executed similar tasks. In this role, she was in charge of revising their Honors College, which included developing and staffing a Center for Academic Advising and an Office of Program Articulation. In addition, Dr. Todd chaired the committee that developed the template for a new core curriculum.

Dr. Todd’s tenure at Concordia University Chicago also afforded her the opportunity to gain invaluable knowledge about how to develop and sustain Honors Programs. She began as the Director of the Honors Program and worked her way up the ranks to the position of Assistant Vice President for Academics.  In these roles, her duties ranged from redesigning the Honors Program; directing a new graduate program in Liberal Studies; and overseeing a university core curriculum program that focuses on mission-specific, interdisciplinary courses, from the first-year to senior-year experiences.

Membership
Dr. Todd is currently a member of numerous associations, including the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the National Collegiate Honors Council, the American Academy of Religion, and the National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking.

Contact Info
telephone: (304) 696-2475
email: toddm@marshall.edu

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