Daniel Julian Robison (born 1960) is an American academic administrator.

Education

Robison obtained a bachelor's degree in forestry and a master's degree in silviculture and forest influences at the

State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) is a public research university in Syracuse, New York focused on the environment and natural resources. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) s ...

before completing a doctorate in entomology at the

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ...

in 1993.

Career

Robison taught at

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...

for fifteen years, serving for three years as associate dean for research in the College of Natural Resources before leaving for

West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College ...

in 2012, where he was dean of the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design and director of the Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station. He was the first of three candidates considered to succeed Wendy Wintersteen as endowed dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at

Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...

and director of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station. Robison's selection as dean of ISU's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences was announced on 25 October 2018. Robison assumed deanship duties on 21 January 2019, taking over from interim dean Joe Colletti.

References

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