Associate or Full Professor & Assistant Dean - COB

East Texas A&M University•Commerce, TX

About The Position

The College of Business at East Texas A&M University seeks an Assistant Dean to lead its graduate programs. This is a full-time, 9-month, tenured faculty position at the Associate or Full Professor rank, with teaching responsibilities of two courses per long semester. The Assistant Dean supports graduate-program scheduling, implementation, development, assurance of learning, and quality standards, and serves on the College of Business Executive Committee. The role includes teaching, scholarly activity, and service consistent with rank and position. The Assistant Dean works with the Dean of the College of Business, the Dean and staff of the Graduate School, and College of Business Graduate Advisors. The position requires working from both the Dallas and Commerce campuses and may involve travel. The role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Requirements

Terminal degree in a relevant business field from a university with an AACSB-accredited business program aligned with one or more of the university's graduate degree programs.
Peer-reviewed journal publications within the last five years sufficient to maintain AACSB Scholarly Academic status and supportive of a university with R2 research status.
Ability to qualify as graduate faculty.
Experience teaching graduate courses in both online and face-to-face formats.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience developing and/or implementing graduate programs.
Currently holds the rank of Associate or Full Professor.
Previous experience with Assurance of Learning.

Responsibilities

Provide teaching, scholarly activity, and service consistent with rank and position.
Serve as a role model and mentor for faculty, staff, and students.
Manage all graduate programs in the College of Business.
Provide insight into trends in graduate education related to business programs.
Work closely with the Dean of the College of Business, the Dean of the Graduate School, Graduate School staff, and College of Business Graduate Advisors.
Build community relationships to support graduate enrollment.
Support implementation and alignment of College of Business graduate programs with college policies and accreditation standards.
Maintain AACSB standards and vision within the graduate programs.
Implement graduate course schedules in collaboration with Department Heads to staff courses.
Support fiduciary responsibility within the college.
Serve on selected departmental, college, and university committees as needed.
Support College of Business initiatives as assigned and perform other duties as assigned.