WINONA, Minn. – A political science professor at Winona State University, Kara Lindaman, has been appointed interim liberal arts dean. Lindaman will serve pending a national search finds a successor to Peter Meine, who retired recently. Lindaman, age 50, has been on the Winona State faculty since 2006. Her base salary: $150,000. She holds a doctorate in public administration and American politics from the University of Kansas. At Winona State she was university’s monitor for NCAA athletic compliance, a role in which she acquired a reputation for abrasive media relations. She also coordinated the university’s American Democracy Project and served in faculty governance. Liberal arts is the largest of Winona State’s five colleges.
Lindaman. Former member of Faculty Senate executive committee.