Dr. Todd McDorman, a Rhetoric professor at Wabash since 1998, officially became Dean of the College on July 1, 2022 after serving as Acting Dean the two previous years.

Previously Dean McDorman served as Senior Associate Dean of the College (2014-2018); chair of the Rhetoric Department; was the lead writer of Wabash's successful 2012 reaceditation self-study; served as faculty visitor to the Board of Trustees and on the Board's Strategy Committee; and chaired committees and activities such as the Pre-Law Committee, Undergraduate Research Committee, and Freshman Tutorial (co-chair).

As Dean of the College, he leads the College's Personnel Committee, which oversees faculty hiring and reviews, and chairs the Academic Policy Committee. Under his leadership, Wabash launched it first online summer classes for course recovery and joined the Council for Independent Colleges (CIC) Online Couse Sharing Consortium. As a member of the Healthy 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ Task Force, he led efforts to keep the academic program on track during the COVID-19 pandemic, including making modifications to instruction, the academic calendar, comprehensive exams, and classroom set-ups.

Most of Professor McDorman’s current scholarship examines the rhetoric of sport, with a particular emphasis on the redemptive efforts of banished baseball icon Pete Rose to repair his image. He has presented his work at the National Baseball Hall of Fame on several occasions. His other research has focused on the rhetoric of law, with particular interest in marginalized groups, and the relationship of rhetoric and democracy.

Dean McDorman and his wife Kelly are the parents of three children. He is something of sports fanatic, with particular affinity for baseball, the Cincinnati Reds, and baseball trivia. He is also a recreational runner.