“I hired 40 new full-time faculty in the past five years,” Reis said. “The new faculty have brought so much to the school in terms of diversity, who they are, and the expertise that they have.” Brent Smith, chair of the Marketing Communi- cation Department, said the dean has supported the School of Communication’s efforts to be a vibrant, diverse faculty. “I’m now just in my third year at the college, and I would argue that we’re probably one of the most diverse departments in many respects,” Smith said. Reis also launched the school’s First Year Initia- tive, established four new internal staff positions, and supported the growth of programs including the Washington, D.C. Program, Emerson Launch, and Emerson Polling. Before taking his position at Emerson, Reis served as dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Florida International University from 2011 to 2016. He also worked at California State University at Long Beach and at Monterey Bay. Reis completed his doctorate de- gree at the University of Oregon after working as an assistant editor and reporter at Gazeta Mercantil in São Paulo, Brazil. “Dean Reis was my first dean in the School of Communication who actually had worked in journalism,” Journalism Department Chair Janet Kolodzy said. “In one sense, he and I had a person- al affinity, because we could talk about journalism. He is someone who understands the journalism culture, although it’s been quite a few years since