Dennis Groth

Interim Dean

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science at Indiana University, 2002
• B.S. in Computer Science at Loyola University of Chicago, 1983

Biography

Dennis Groth is the Interim Dean of the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.

At the Luddy School, Groth leads a multi-campus school of nearly 175 faculty members and 4,000 students at the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses. He also is a Professor of Informatics, with a research focus on the development of new database access and data mining techniques in support of data visualization activities, as well as understanding models of exploration in digital environments.

He was the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies for the School of Informatics from 2008 to 2013, where he was responsible for curricular programs, student services, advising, academic operations, and career services.

Simultaneous with his school leadership role, he was Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education from 2009 to 2013. In this capacity, he was responsible for a variety of critical campus programs, including curricular procedures, outreach, service learning, continuing and adult education, course evaluation processes, and test administration.

Since 2013, he has served as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and is directly responsible for unit leadership for a broad range of institution programs and offices, including University Division and the Career Development Center, both of which advance academic advising and career coaching for over 6,000 beginning students each year; the Advance College Project, which has implemented college coursework in more than half of all Indiana high schools; the Wells Scholars Program; the Hutton Honors College; the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (in partnership with UITS); the Service Learning Program; and the Office of National Scholarships and Awards.

He has also been responsible for campus accreditation, curricular procedures and interaction with the Indiana Commission on Higher Education, and administering the campus-wide general education curriculum. He established the Center for Learning Analytics and Student Success (CLASS), which engages faculty across campus in fundamental data research on factors leading to student success in college, accreditation, academic and career advising for first-year students.