Mary J. Brown
Associate Dean for Financial, Information, and Data Analysis
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Profile
Mary J. Brown is the Associate Dean for Financial, Information, and Data Analysis in the College of Arts and Sciences. She received her B.S.Ed. in history-government from Ohio University in 1972, and her M.B.A. with a concentration in M.I.S., M.A. in theological studies, and Ph.D. in theology from the University of Dayton. She has been employed at the University of Dayton since 1987. Prior to becoming an associate dean, she was assistant to the provost from 1987-1997 and business analyst in the University’s information technology division from 2003-2004. Her research interests are centered in the U.S. Catholic experience.
Degrees
- B.S.Ed. in history-government from Ohio University in 1972
- M.B.A. with a concentration in M.I.S.
- M.A. in theological studies
- Ph.D., University of Dayton, 2003
Research Interests
- The U.S. Catholic experience, particularly in the 1960s
- The ongoing relationship of the Catholic Church to Catholic higher education
- The “Heresy Affair” at the University of Dayton
Selected Publications
Brown, Mary J. “An ‘Inevitable’ Campus Controversy: The ‘Heresy Affair’ at the University of Dayton, 1960 – 1967,” American Catholic Studies: Journal of the American Catholic Historical Society 113 (Spring-Summer 2002): 79-95.
Brown, Mary J. and Kenneth Rosenzweig, “Managing the Cost of Federally Sponsored Research at Educational Institutions,” The Government Accountants Journal XLII (Summer 1993): 71-76.
