As associate dean for academic affairs, Karen Haskin manages the faculty search process with the natural sciences and engineering departments and oversees the recruitment and appointment process for assistant professors and lecturers in these departments. In addition, she administers the appointment and reappointment of program chairs and directors in the natural sciences and engineering.  

Karen is also responsible for processes related to academic professionals in the natural sciences and engineering and the Princeton University Art Museum (including appointments, reappointments and leaves). She serves as secretary to the Committee on Appointments and Advancements for the Professional Researchers and Professional Specialists (C7). 

Karen is the liaison to the University Library for the Office of the Dean of the Faculty. As secretary to the University Library’s Promotion, Continuing Appointment and Review Committee, she oversees the appointment and promotion process for librarians. 

Karen also discusses dual career issues and retirement with members of the faculty in the natural sciences and engineering. 

Before joining the dean’s office, Karen worked in the provost’s office for nine years, most recently as the assistant provost for academic management. She had previously been the department manager in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Karen received her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Pennsylvania and her doctorate in sociology at Northwestern University. 

Areas of Responsibility

• Appointments - Librarians and Academic Professionals in Natural Sciences and Engineering, the Library, Princeton University Art Museum
• C7 (Committee on Appointments and Advancements for Professional Researchers and Specialists)
• Centers, Programs, and Institutes – Directorships in the Natural Sciences and Engineering
• Childcare Workload Relief - Faculty in Natural Sciences and Engineering
• Extension of Term Following Childbirth/Adoption – Faculty in Natural Sciences and Engineering
• PCARC (Library Promotion, Continuing Appointment, and Review Committee)
• Retirements
• Salary Annual Review -  Senior Lecturers, University Lecturers, Professors of the Practice, Instructors, Librarians and Academic Professionals – Natural Sciences and Engineering, Library, Princeton University Art Museum
• Searches - Senior Lecturers, University Lecturers, Professors of the Practice, Instructors, Librarians and Academic Professionals – Natural Sciences and Engineering, Library, Princeton University Art Museum