Dr. Karen L. Newman assumed her position as dean of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver in May of 2005. Before that she was the dean of the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond for six years. Prior to becoming a dean, she served on the faculty of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business for 15 years where she was Associate Dean for Graduate Business Programs from 1993-1996.

Dean Newman is the co-author of the book Managing Radical Organizational Change, published in 1998, and the co-editor of the book, Handbook of Cross-cultural Management, published in 2002. She is the author or co-author of about 40 scholarly articles and book chapters on topics such as organizational change, workplace commitment, cross-cultural management practices, and organizational careers.

While Newman served at the University of Richmond, the Robins School of Business undertook an ambitious strategic plan to become a top choice school for students. The number of faculty increased by 20%, teaching quality improved, research quality made great strides, student-faculty research was developed, the number of students studying abroad quadrupled, class sizes declined by over 10%, and the curriculum was made more rigorous. Dean Newman led a complete overhaul of the MBA program, energized the Management Institute, and undertook a capital campaign for an addition to the Robins School Building.

Dean Newman earned the Ph.D. degree in behavioral sciences and an MBA from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. She earned a B.S. degree with honors in economics from Purdue University.