Dr. Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch has been named associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Dentistry.
Dean Peter Polverini, who announced the appointment, says Murdoch-Kinch “is a highly regarded teacher by the students she instructs in the dental hygiene, predoctoral dental, and graduate and specialty programs.”
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Board certified in oral and maxillofacial radiology and in oral medicine, Murdoch-Kinch was a clinical associate professor of dentistry in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Hospital Dentistry prior to her selection. For the past two years she also has been co-leader of a team that is developing the science foundation component of the curriculum innovation initiative that will be launched in July by the School of Dentistry.
As associate dean for academic affairs, Murdoch-Kinch will oversee the DDS curriculum, chair the Curriculum Committee, and serve as an ex-officio member of Academic Review Boards and Multicultural Affairs Committee.
Murdoch-Kinch is responsible for the faculty and staff in the Office of Academic Affairs. The group provides a broad range of services that includes developing and enhancing the academic structure and educational experience for students, faculty and staff. The Office of Academic Affairs provides personal, academic, financial and career counseling to students in areas such as dental student admissions, financial aid, student registration, orientation, graduation, and other activities and events.
Murdoch-Kinch earned her dental degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1985 and a doctorate from Indiana University in 1996. In addition to practicing dentistry and teaching part time in Canada and Indiana, she also held a faculty appointment at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry for six years prior to joining the faculty at U-M’s School of Dentistry in 2000.
“I am deeply honored to have been selected to serve as associate dean for academic affairs, especially at this time of great challenge and opportunity for our School and our profession,” Murdoch-Kinch says.
Murdoch-Kinch succeeds Dr. Marilyn Lantz, who was associate dean for academic affairs since 2000. Lantz continues to teach at the School of Dentistry as a professor of dentistry in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine.
