Politics Prof. Leonard Schoppa and Biology Prof. Reginald H. Garrett have been selected to serve as the academic deans for the fall 2008 and spring 2009 voyages of Semester at Sea.
Dudley Doane, director of summer and special academic programs, explained that the academic dean position entails designing the semester's curriculum, recruiting faculty to teach the courses and creating a "vision for their voyage" aboard the MV Explorer that travels the world each semester.
According to Doane, the theme of Schoppa's fall voyage will be 'China at the Center
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