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KU law professor wins Provost’s Award for commitment to international education

LAWRENCE — John Head, professor of law at the University of Kansas, received the 2006 Provost’s Award for Leadership in International Education at KU’s annual faculty-staff convocation Sept. 7.

Richard Lariviere, KU provost and executive vice chancellor, presented the award. Head has been a faculty member at the School of Law since 1990.

The award recognizes faculty on the Lawrence campus who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in strengthening KU’s international dimension in such areas as curriculum development, study abroad programs, relationships with international partner institutions and collaboration with international colleagues in significant research and publications.

Head was recognized for his commitment to international education. He has been closely involved with student exchange programs in Turkey, Ireland and England. Head was the first law faculty member to mentor a Junior Faculty Development Program fellow. He has participated in faculty exchanges between KU and the University of Vienna and the University of Hong Kong. Head has helped with several legal education projects in Indonesia, resulting in publication of two books used by law schools throughout the country.

Past recipients of the Provost’s Award are: Anita Herzfeld, Latin American studies (2005); Marsha Haufler, art history (2004); Garth Myers, geography and African-American studies, and Robert Timm, ecology and evolutionary biology (2003); Melissa Birch, business, and Diane Fourny, French and European studies (2002); Judith McCrea, art and design (2001); Leo Villalon, political science and African and African-American studies (2000); and Tom Mulinazzi, civil, environmental and architectural engineering, and Charles Stansifer, history (1999).

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