Mary Anne FitzPatrick

Mary Anne Fitzpatrick has served the University of Wisconsin as a professor, chair of the department, the deputy dean of the College of Letters and Science and the senior advisor to the Chancellor on Distributed Education. At the University of South Carolina, she has been the founding dean of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the senior associate provost for special academic initiatives, the vice president of the USC system and the Chancellor of the University of South Carolina Upstate. In addition, Fitzpatrick has served as the President of the International Communication Association and the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences. Currently, a Carolina Distinguished Professor, Fitzpatrick is an internationally recognized authority on interpersonal communication.