Ruth Watkins
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Ruth V. Watkins is a student of speech language pathology, and the former president of the University of Utah. She stepped down from the role on April 7, 2021, to enter the private sector.
Education
Watkins completed a bachelor's degree in speech-language pathology, graduating from the University of Northern Iowa with highest honors in 1985. She completed her graduate work at the University of Kansas, earning a master's degree in child language/speech-language pathology in 1987, and a PhD in child language in 1989. Additionally, she has a certificate of clinical competence in speech-language pathology. In 2003, she was named a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Career
In 1989, Watkins was appointed as an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, as well as program director of the Callier Center for Communication Disorders, where she worked until 1993. Later that year, she moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an assistant professor, and was appointed associate dean for academic and research affairs in the College of Applied Life Studies in 2000, then associate provost responsible for undergraduate education and academic affairs in 2003. She served in this capacity until she was promoted to vice provost, a post she held from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, she was named dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, which included approximately 600 faculty, 2,500 graduate students, and 12,000 undergraduate students, with an annual operating budget of about $142 million.
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