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Douglas Marshall

Associate Dean

Primary Responsibilities

• Management of faculty and academic affairs
• Develop college hiring plan
• Maintain and update faculty search, sabbatical, workload, awards, and promotion/tenure guidelines
• Maintain and update effective faculty and Director notification procedures for critical timelines
• Refine and data mine faculty database
• Refine and develop college policies and procedures
• Develop and deliver faculty programming and workshops (mentoring, policies/procedures, and promotion/tenure)
• Management of college research portfolio (enhance and encourage faculty scholarship by supporting grants development; encourage growth and impact of interdisciplinary RIG efforts; review and approve grant applications and graduate faculty status candidates; supervise the college instrumentation personnel; manage college space/facilities utilization)
• Serve as an effective stand in during the Dean’s absence and as an effective advocate for the college 
• Assist in the development of the college website and other promotional materials; assist in overall college planning, budgeting, and management
• Instruction, research, and service in support of the School of Human Sciences Public Health Program

Dr. Douglas L. Marshall is Associate Dean, College of Natural and Health Sciences, University of Northern Colorado. He also is a tenured Public Health Professor in the School of Human Sciences at UNC. Prior to joining UNC he held professorial positions at Mississippi State University (1994-2007) and Louisiana State University (1989-1994).

Since 1996, he has served as cofounder, President, and Director of the Food Safety Institute, LLC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which is an integrated food safety consulting and analytical services company. Dr. Marshall received his B.S. (Microbiology, 1982) and M.S. (Food Science & Technology, 1985) degrees from the University of Nebraska and Ph.D. degree (Food Science & Human Nutrition, 1989) from the University of Florida.

His public health teaching and research interests include discovery of novel antimicrobial agents, rapid methods development, and control of microbial pathogens. He has over 200 published refereed journal articles, proceeding papers, books, and book chapters. He served as Contributing Editor for the peer-reviewed scientific journal Food Microbiology (2001-2007). Dr. Marshall has received numerous local and national awards for his contributions to food microbiology and is a frequent speaker on the topic.

Curriculum Vitae