SOE Senior Academic Unit Administrator

Reetha Perananamgan has joined the School of Education as Senior Academic Unit Administrator. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing staff and managing procedural and operational issues throughout the school; she will also enhance and contribute to school-wide strategic planning efforts aimed at enrollment growth and other enhancements.

Ms. Perananamgan comes to the SOE with a decade of professional experience in the field of student affairs and higher education in the United States and Australia. For the past six years she was Associate Dean of Students and Director of Student Activities at Heidelberg University in Ohio. Previously she initiated a student leadership program at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, and she was the Director of Campus Activities at DePauw University in Indiana for three years. She also was a primary school teacher for five years in the Philippines. Reetha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics and a Master’s degree in Adult and Higher Education Administration from the University of Oklahoma. She has also completed her coursework in the Leadership Studies doctoral program at Bowling Green State University.

Please join me in welcoming Reetha to the University of Michigan–Dearborn School of Education.