Dean's Bio

E. Gary Shapiro
106 Anspach Hall
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
989-774-3341
shapi1eg@cmich.edu

E. Gary Shapiro is the founding dean of the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Scienes at Central Michigan University and has served as dean since July 1997. He has been at Central Michigan University since 1978.

Shapiro taught in CMU’s Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work Department from 1978 to 1989 where he was promoted to professor before taking administrative positions within the university. He was appointed Director of Institutional Research in 1989, assistant Vice Provost for Institutional Research and Planning in 1993, and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1995. He served as Interim Registrar in 1994-95 while continuing to serve as Assistant Vice Provost. He served as Interim Provost from January to December of 2007.

Before coming to CMU, he was a member of the sociology faculty at the University of Iowa. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Michigan in 1972. He also holds a M.A. in Sociology from the University of Michigan and received a B.S. degree from Wayne State University with majors in Math and Sociology.

He has published articles in the areas of reward allocations in groups, preferences for job rewards, help-seeking behavior, gambling behavior, and student evaluation of instruction. He has taught classes in the areas of social psychology, research methods and statistics, organizations, and the sociology of gambling.