Dianne Olivier

Dianne F. Olivier, Ph. D., Professor in Educational Foundations and Leadership, serves as the Associate Dean of Administration and Academic Affairs, College of Education, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. As Associate Dean, she collaborates with faculty from all COE Departments/Schools regarding strategic planning, curriculum development and program improvement, and faculty professionalism including tenure, promotion, graduate faculty status, recognition, and scholarship/awards. Dianne is recognized as a Univesity Eminent Scholar and was awarded the Dr. Ray P. Authement Excellence in Teaching Award resulting in the honor of serving as the Summer 2020 Commencement Speaker. She holds the Joan D. & Alexander S. Haig/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Education III. Additionally, she has received numerous awards for research excellence and outstanding doctoral student mentor. Her ongoing recognition as an outstanding doctoral student mentor is based on her guidance as Doctoral Chair to nearly 70 doctoral graduates. She has served on various University committees and chaired the Graduate Faculty Council, University Committee on Graduate Student Success and Retention, Qualtrics Process Task Force, and Vice-Chair of the Innovation and Research Advisory Council. She continues to serve on University committees and leads several COE committees.

Dianne holds degrees from UL Lafayette (USL) including Bachelor of Science, Master of Education, Masters+30 in Guidance and Counseling, and Educational Specialist in Administration and her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Louisiana State University.