Speakers and Panelists :: Carolyn Dahl

Carolyn Dahl is dean of the College of Continuing Studies at the University of Alabama. She is responsible for a variety of outreach activities, including training and professional development; evening, weekend, off-campus, and distance education; Safe State; the Bryant Conference Center; and the Alabama Online High School.

Prior to coming to Alabama in October of 2001, she served as dean of Continuing Education at Eastern Michigan University. Before that she served as assistant director for Outreach Partnerships at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Dahl is a member of the Leadership and Management Commission of the University Continuing Education Association. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Council for Extension, Continuing Education and Public Service of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, in which she serves as the chair of the Benchmarking Task Force.

Dr. Dahl graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor's degree in American studies and from the University of Georgia with a doctorate in adult and continuing education.