Simmons College

Diane Raymond, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been at Simmons since 1985.  She is a Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies, and has served Simmons as Chair of both departments, as Director of Academic Advising, and as Associate Dean of the College.  She is now in her sixth year as Dean. She is the author of Existentialism and the Philosophical Tradition, Looking at Gay and Lesbian Life, and numerous articles and essays on ethics, feminist theory, and cultural studies.  Dean Raymond received her Bachelor's degree from Vassar College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from New York University.  Her areas of specialization are Continental philosophy, feminist theory and applied ethics.

As Dean of the College, she oversees 25 academic programs, academic support, career education, service learning, study abroad, and graduate and undergraduate admission.  Dean Raymond continues to teach a course each semester. In the fall she taught an honors course for first-year students called Democracy and Difference, and this spring she is teaching Modern Philosophy.