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After working as a professor at the USC School of Law for 17 years, Joel Samuels is now the new interim dean for the College of Arts and Sciences.

College of Arts and Sciences dean steps down to return to teaching Posted on: December 17, 2020; Updated on: December 17, 2020 Lacy Ford is stepping down as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and will return to research and teaching in the 2021 spring semester. Ford has directed the University of South Carolina’s largest and oldest college since 2016. Professor Joel Samuels, interim vice provost for interdisciplinary studies and director of the Rule of Law Collaborative, will serve as interim dean starting Jan. 1...

COLUMBIA — The dean of the University of South Carolina's largest college is unexpectedly stepping down this month after telling his bosses he planned to leave at the end of the school year. Lacy Ford, who earned three degrees at USC and has worked at his alma mater for 36 years, said Provost William Tate instead wanted to put the College of Arts and Sciences in the hands of an interim dean right away rather than waiting until the end of the school year.  Ford said he is in good health but noted the university's evolving leadership under the administration of new President Bob Casl...