School of Pharmacy Names New Associate and Assistant Deans

New Administrators will Focus on Curriculum, Instructional Design and Technology, and Academic Affairs

By Becky Ceraul
October 1, 2008

Three new leadership positions have been created at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy to oversee the continuing growth of distance learning technology, the School’s curriculum revision process and institutional assessment. Raymond C. Love, PharmD, a professor of pharmacy practice and science at the School, has been named Associate Dean for Curriculum, Instructional Design and Technology. Lisa Lebovitz, JD, has been named Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, and Shannon Tucker, MS, has been named Assistant Dean for Instructional Design and Technology.

Love, a 1977 graduate of the School of Pharmacy, has been on faculty for 20 years and has a long record of both academic and professional services. He developed and continues to direct the School’s Mental Health Program, which includes overseeing the provision of pharmacy services for the State of Maryland’s Mental Health Administration. Love has served as vice chair of the School’s Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science and chaired the School’s curriculum committee, during which he focused on revised accreditation standards for students’ clinical rotations. Love has served the state as a member of the Board of Pharmacy, and was one of the architects of the School’s P3 program, expanding patient self-management services for those with chronic diseases. His research focuses on new treatments for schizophrenia and mood disorders, the delivery of pharmacy services to individuals with mental health problems, and the ethics of informed consent in individuals suffering from psychiatric diseases. He has been a principal investigator or co-principal investigator on contracts and grants totaling more than $40 million.

Instructional design and technology are areas of increasing focus as the School furthers its distance learning program at the Universities at Shady Grove and conducts its first major curriculum revision since the move to an entry level doctor of pharmacy program. Love will provide leadership in these efforts.

Lebovitz, previously director of academic accountability and assessment, earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration/human resource management from Duquesne University and a law degree from Duquesne University School of Law. As assistant dean for academic affairs, Lebovitz will serve as a resource on accreditation, academic policies and faculty development issues, manage the School of Pharmacy’s dual degree programs, academic pathways and the academic scheduling process, and facilitate institutional assessment.

Tucker, previously director of instructional technology at the School, earned a bachelor’s degree in imaging and digital arts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and a master’s degree in interaction design and information architecture from the University of Baltimore. As assistant dean for instructional design and technology, she will design and supervise training, documentation, and services to support the School of Pharmacy’s use of educational design strategies and technology and coordinate the planning and implementation of new instructional technologies and products. She will also manage the development and implementation of web-based applications to support academic and administrative tracking of students, curriculum, and other administrative functions.