ACLS Fellows in the News. Martha T. Roth G'84, the Chauncey S. Boucher Distinguished Service Professor of Assyriology, has been appointed to a second five-year term as dean of the Humanities Division of the University of Chicago. The term begins July 1.

In their message to Humanities faculty, President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Thomas F. Rosenbaum underscored the University’s “absolute commitment to humanistic discourse, research and education,” citing among Roth’s accomplishments in her first term the re-conceptualization of the Center for Jewish Studies, the creation of the Indian Ministry of Culture Vivekananda Visiting Professorship and growing leadership in digital humanities.

“It is an honor to serve as dean of the Division of the Humanities at this visionary institution,” Roth said. “Throughout the University, our work is supported and advanced by the administration and staff at every level, by the dedicated faculty, and by the outstanding students. I look forward to working with my colleagues during my next term to keep our culture of rigorous inquiry, scholarly debate, and inspiring pedagogy alive and vibrant.”