Evan Ortlieb was named dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences at South Dakota State University. He started in the position Dec. 11.
Ortlieb previously served as dean of the Zucker Family School of Education at The Citadel. He earned a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Louisiana State University and previously worked as a director, professor and lecturer in Singapore, Australia and New York. He also served as the Zucker Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurial Education Leadership at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.
“The College of Education and Human Sciences’ tight connections between the school, community and organizational partnerships, as well as the depth of it’s support for 3,000 students across more than 56 diverse programs, are what attracted me to this role,” Ortlieb said. “Once I had the opportunity to meet stakeholders throughout Brookings, I knew SDSU’s vibrant community was the perfect fit for my growing family.”
Additionally, Ortlieb served as the principal investigator on numerous federal, state and organizational grants surrounding education and co-editor of the journal Literacy Research and Instruction and is the founder and president of the Ortlieb Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides college scholarships for cancer survivors.
