SMU announces VP for Academic Affairs for the College

Thomas Mans, Ph.D.

WINONA, Minn. — Brother Chancellor Louis DeThomasis has appointed Thomas Mans, Ph.D. as Vice President for Academic Affairs for the undergraduate College, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, effective June 1.

The vice president is responsible for the academic programming, academic support service areas, faculty, and academic administrative staff of the undergraduate College.

Dr. Mans is a native of Northeastern Iowa. He comes to Saint Mary's from Saint Vincent College in Pennsylvania, where he served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College from 2002 to the present. His administrative experience includes serving in various dean and associate dean positions at Creighton University in Nebraska, and as an assistant and associate professor of political science at Creighton as well as Berea College in Kentucky.

Dr. Mans holds a B.A. in government and history from St. John's University in Minnesota, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Iowa. His academic specialization is American political institutions, processes and public policy.