Biography

Jennifer Setlow stepped in as Interim Dean in January 2024 after joining the College of the Arts as Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs in July of 2017. In her role as Associate Dean, she redesigned and expanded the support series for both tenure and promotion, as well as new faculty onboarding, and helped ensure the successful launch of multiple new and revised curricula across the college. 

Prior to coming to UF, Setlow was the Associate Dean for Students for the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University, where she was responsible for overseeing every aspect of the student experience in the Institute from orientation to graduation.  

Setlow has designed lighting regionally at La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Childsplay, and many other venues, including Malashock Dance, East West Players, and Diversionary Theatre. She designed numerous shows at San Diego Repertory Theatre, including several world premieres, working with artists such as Luis Valdez, Patdro Harris, and Matthew Spangler. Her designs won her several awards, including an NAACP Theatre award for a 2006 production of Intimate Apparel at San Diego Rep. Setlow is the co-author of the third edition of Lighting and the Design Idea, and a member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829. She holds an MFA in Lighting Design from the University of California San Diego and a BA in Theatre from Swarthmore College.