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 Dr.
Dennis Nef, a veteran faculty member and administrator at California
State University, Fresno, has been named interim provost and vice
president for Academic Affairs at California State University, Fresno,
effective Feb. 2.
He succeeds Dr. Jeronima “Jeri” Echeverria, who moves in February to the
California State University headquarters in Long Beach to become
associate vice chancellor for Academic Affairs for the 23-campus CSU
system.
A search for a replacement for Echeverria will begin immediately, said
Fresno State President John D. Welty.
Nef, who joined the university faculty in 1983, has been serving as
associate vice president and dean of Undergraduate Studies since August
2005. He previously was a faculty member in the College of Agricultural
Sciences and Technology specializing in agricultural policy and resource
economics, and land and water economics.
“I’m pleased that Dr. Nef has agreed to fill this very important
position on an interim basis,” said Welty. “His knowledge of our
university and undergraduate educational issues, and his administrative
experience will be invaluable as we maneuver through what will be
challenging fiscal months ahead.”
Nef holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from
Brigham Young University, and M.S. (Utah State) and Ph.D. (Iowa State)
degrees in agricultural economics.
Nef is the author of papers on agricultural land use, water policy and
energy rate selection in agriculture. He has taught courses in natural
resource economics, agricultural trade, agriculture and food policy,
agricultural research methods and agricultural finance.
He formerly had served as associate dean of the College of Agricultural
Sciences and Technology and chair of the Department of Agricultural
Economics, and is a member of the Fresno County Agricultural Land
Conservation Committee.
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