{"id":2592,"date":"2026-08-07T10:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2026-08-07T10:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:25:21","slug":"interdisciplinary-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/2026\/08\/07\/interdisciplinary-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Interdisciplinary Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Interdisciplinary Schools<\/strong> is the administrative unit that oversees the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/2023\/08\/17\/school-of-cybersecurity\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2142\">School of Cybersecurity<\/a><\/strong>, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/2023\/12\/01\/school-of-data-science\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2194\">School of Data Science<\/a><\/strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/2022\/06\/23\/school-of-supply-chain-logistics-and-maritime-operations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1997\">School of Supply Chain, Logistics, and Maritime Operations<\/a><\/strong> at <strong>Old Dominion University (ODU)<\/strong>. The school is overseen by the Dean of the Interdisciplinary Schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Interdisciplinary Schools was established in 2023 to develop innovative academic and research initiatives across all programs at ODU. In July 2026, Khan Iftekharuddin, Eminent Scholar and Batten Endowed Chair in machine learning in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/2019\/06\/06\/frank-batten-college-of-engineering-and-technology\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"996\">Frank <strong>Batten College of Engineering and Technology<\/strong><\/a>, was named the inaugural Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deans<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>July 2024-June 2026: Holly Handley, Interim Dean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 2026-Present: Khan Iftekharuddin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/interdisciplinary-schools\">Interdisciplinary Studies Website<\/a>, Old Dominion University, Accessed 2026 May 20.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Interdisciplinary Schools is the administrative unit that oversees the School of Cybersecurity, the School of Data Science, and the School of Supply Chain, Logistics, and Maritime Operations at Old Dominion University (ODU). The school is overseen by the Dean of the Interdisciplinary Schools. History The Interdisciplinary Schools was established in 2023 to develop innovative&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/2026\/08\/07\/interdisciplinary-schools\/\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":878,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":2},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[52,29,550,14,18,499,514,486],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/878"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2592"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2642,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions\/2642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}