THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER EXPECTED FROM HURRICANE SANDY.  WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE AND WILL POST A NEW DATE SOON.  

Join Dean Peter Starr, College of Arts and Sciences, and D.C.-area alumni and friends for a fall happy hour.  Enjoy complimentary appetizers and a cash bar as you network with fellow Eagles and chat with the dean. There is no cost to attend.

Peter Starr joined American University as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in July 2009.  In this role, he is responsible for 324 full-time faculty in 17 departments, 1,820 undergraduate majors, 979 graduate students, and over 40% of all enrollments at AU.  His primary goals for the College include recruiting and supporting a more research-active and diverse faculty, growing the College’s endowment, developing outstanding new curricula in a variety of fields, and building bridges to partner organizations in the District and around the globe.

Before coming to AU, Dean Starr was a professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California, where—except for a fellowship year at Harvard University—he had taught since 1985.  In 2006-2007, he served as interim Dean of USC’s College of Letters, Arts, and Science, completing the College’s four year senior hiring initiative and raising a then-record amount toward the College’s $400M campaign goal.

Dean Starr received a PhD in Comparative Literature from Johns Hopkins University, a MA in French from Johns Hopkins University, and an AB with Distinction in Humanities Special Programs from Stanford University.