Paulette Curtis

Paulette G. Curtis, a social anthropologist by training, has an extensive background in supporting undergraduate students, building new programs and reforming existing ones, and managing the range of affairs that undergird undergraduate student life. Most recently, she served as both an Assistant and Associate Dean in the Office of Academic Affairs in the College of Education and Human Ecology at Ohio State University, where she supervised the offices of Academic Advising, Recruitment and Career Services, oversaw and revised elements of the Survey gateway course for first year and transfer students, and ran the Honors Program. Prior to Ohio State, Dr. Curtis was the inaugural Faculty Director of the AnBryce Scholars Initiative, which identified and supported first-generation and low-income students who showed great promise for leadership. At Notre Dame, she was an Instructor in the Department of Anthropology, where she taught courses on Commemoration, War, and Science Fiction, interests she pursues to this day. Her first administrative position was at Harvard University where she was a Lecturer in the Anthropology Department and received her B.A. and PhD in Social Anthropology. At present, Dr. Curtis is a Visiting Scholar at Tulane University where she is completing several academic writing projects for publication.