New ADEA Chair of the Board Installed at Annual Session

New ADEA Chair of the Board Installed at Annual Session

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2013 — Stephen K. Young,

D.D.S., M.S., was installed as the new Chair of the Board of Directors

of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), at the 2013 ADEA

Annual Session & Exhibition held March 16-19, in Seattle, Washington.

“I extend my congratulations to Dr. Young,” says ADEA Immediate Past

Chair of the Board, Gerald N. Glickman, D.D.S., M.S., M.B.A., J.D. “His

dedication to the future of dental education has been evident in his

career, and ADEA and the academic dental community will be well served

by his leadership.”

Dr. Young has spent 36 years on the faculty of the University of

Oklahoma College of Dentistry, and has been its Dean for the last 12

years. He has taught dental, allied, and graduate students, chaired the

Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, and served as Associate

Dean for Academic Affairs.

From 2009-2011, Dr. Young served as Chair of the ADEA Commission on

Change and Innovation in Dental Education (ADEA CCI), which builds

consensus among all stakeholders in dental education, research, and

practice by providing leadership to a systemic, collaborative, and

continuous process of innovative change in the education of general

dentists. He previously served as an ADEA representative to the Joint

Commission on Dental National Examinations and American Dental

Association (ADA) Council on Dental Education and Licensure, also

serving both groups as Chair.

Dr. Young will serve as Chair of the Board during the 2014 ADEA Annual

Session & Exhibition, taking place March 15-18, in San Antonio, Texas.

The theme of the meeting, The Science of Learning, underscores how the

brain works, how people learn, and the most effective ways to teach. “I

have become convinced that the key to successful change in dental

education is faculty development,” Dr. Young says. “ADEA has played a

critical role in my academic development and career. As Chair of the

Board, I will strive to bring the rewarding experiences I have had to a

new generation of dental, allied, and advanced program faculty

members.”

Dr. Young holds a D.D.S. degree from the University of Missouri at

Kansas City School of Dentistry, and an M.S. degree in Oral and

Maxillofacial Pathology from the University of Michigan School of

Dentistry. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and

Maxillofacial Pathology.

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