M. Diane Burton, the Joseph R. Rich ’80 Professor of Human Resource Studies, was appointed by Dean Alex Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, as the ILR School’s senior associate dean for research, outreach and external relations. In this role, Burton leads the strategic vision for ILR’s contract college activities, extending the research and academic work of the school’s centers, institutes and programs, while overseeing its portfolio of non-degree educational opportunities, including certificates and workshops. 

“I am excited to work with Diane in this important role for our school,” said Colvin, the Kenneth F. Kahn ’69 Dean and the Martin F. Scheinman ’75, MS ’76 Professor of Conflict Resolution at the ILR School. “Despite a turbulent environment, I believe the ILR School has enormous strengths and opportunities to build on our tradition of impacting practice and policy through our research and teaching, both extension and resident. Diane and I are working to navigate current challenges and seize the many opportunities open to us.”

Burton began her three-year term in the fall, leading ILR Outreach institutes and programs that impact thousands of people each year. 

Outreach areas include human resource management, labor relations, disability and employment, conflict resolution, worker rights, economic development, union leadership, workplace sexual harassment and employment training for individuals involved with the criminal justice system.

Under her direction, Burton hopes to see the experts in the various outreach institutes and programs collaborate and help realize a vision of “one ILR.”

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Julie Greco is director of communications for the ILR School.