Dean Agrawal from Kansas to Iowa

This morning the University of Iowa has announced that Gail Agrawal, who is dean of the University of Kansas, will be their next dean.

From the Iowa press release:

“I am honored to have been selected to lead the Iowa College of Law as its next dean,” said Agrawal, who will become dean July 1. “The college of law has long been among our nation’s finest public law schools, and I am humbled by the opportunity to join this exceptional law school community.”

Agrawal has been dean at the University of Kansas since 2006. Before that, she was on the law faculty of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill for nine years, where she also served as senior associate dean, associate dean for academic affairs and interim dean. UI officials were impressed with Agrawal’s record of success, spirit of innovation and wide ranging professional and academic experience, and said her values and vision match well with those of the University of Iowa.

Also from the press release:

A native of New Orleans, Agrawal earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Orleans, and her Master’s in Public Health and J.D. degrees from Tulane University. She practiced for seven years with the firm of Monroe & Lemann in New Orleans and worked for three years for the insurance company Aetna, Inc., where she was head of medical management, law and regulatory affairs.

Agrawal clerked for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor of the United States Supreme Court and Senior Judge John Minor Wisdom of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Her primary area of research is health care law.