NAGEL NAMED INTERIM ASSOCIATE DEAN OF UNM GRAD STUDIES

July 28, 2003

NAGEL NAMED INTERIM ASSOCIATE DEAN OF UNM GRAD STUDIES

Dr. Elizabeth "Liza" Nagel has been named interim associate dean for Graduate Studies at the University of New Mexico, said UNM Dean of Graduate Studies Teresita Aguilar.

"Her expertise in grant-writing, project development and evaluation, workplace management, and graduate student mentorship will add a valuable dimension to the operations and initiatives in Graduate Studies at UNM," Aguilar said.

Nagel, an associate professor of health education at UNM, has provided lead instruction for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Studies Program offered by UNM's Division of Continuing Education. Her current research focuses on adolescent risk-taking behaviors and etiology of stress. Her research is published is the American Journal of Health Behavior, the Rural Educator, the Journal of Drug Education and the Journal of Education Issues of Language Minority Students.

Prior to coming to UNM in 1993, Nagel served as a project associate in the Graduate School at Washington State University and as the director of the Institute for Substance Abuse Prevention Studies in Idaho where she was awarded the 1989 National Exemplary Drug Prevention Award by the U.S. Department of Education.

Nagel is also a recipient of UNM's Leadership Award, Student Health Advisory Committee Award, and the 1999 University of New Mexico Teacher of the Year Award. She has served as a member and recent chair of the College of Education's Graduate Committee, member on the Athletic Council, curriculum chair and Regent for the Rocky Mountain Revenue and Management School, and Regent for the National Executive Development School.

Nagel received her Ph.D. in higher education, her master's degree in home economics - family relations, both from Washington State University, and her bachelor's degree in child development from California State University, Chico.

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