The Chronicle of Higher Education
Sarah Brown
February 28, 2016
Angela Evans was drawn to the deanship at the University
of Texas at Austin’s Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs for many
reasons, namely the school’s national reputation and its history of
informing
critical policy debates. But it was the collaborative spirit Ms. Evans sensed
throughout the
school that sealed the deal, she says.
"I wanted to work in an environment where the
students didn’t know everything," says Ms. Evans,
who has been a clinical
professor of public-policy practice at the school for more than six years and
started as dean on January 16. "Consistently, I saw a group of students
who were diverse and eager
to exchange ideas, and collaboration was really
something they excelled in."
