Rate My Professor Anne Zayaitz

In 2008, Zayaitz transitioned to administration as interim associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, becoming associate dean in 2009 and dean in 2011. She later served as acting provost and vice president for academic and student affairs before her permanent appointment as provost and vice president for academic affairs in 2016, overseeing all academic programs, research initiatives, and student success efforts during her 36-year tenure. Key accomplishments included securing two new accreditations, launching new bachelor's and master's programs, announcing the university's first doctoral programs, and hiring the four current academic deans. She contributed to university governance through service on the Women’s Center Advisory Board, Commission on Human Diversity, and University Safety Committee. Zayaitz's scholarly contributions include co-authoring the Endospore Stain Protocol for the American Society for Microbiology in 2007 and earlier research such as Proteolytic Inactivation of Thermonuclease Activity of Staphylococcus aureus During Recovery from Thermal Injury in 1982. Her career exemplified commitment to academic excellence, diversity, and institutional growth at Kutztown University.