Associate Dean for Curricular Advancement

University of Denver•Quinte West, ON

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Dean for Curricular Advancement will lead the college’s efforts around curricular transformation. This role will collaborate with the dean, associate deans, staff and faculty on CAHSS curricular advancement strategies as assigned, to support program excellence, recruitment of students into interdisciplinary programs, and ongoing alignment of curricular offerings with variations in student enrollment. At times, the role will require leading initiatives and at other times will serve in a support capacity. This role is part of a reconfiguration of the dean’s leadership team. Accordingly, the exact contours of each associate dean’s portfolio might collaboratively shift and other duties may be assigned as the team coalesces. This is a 12-month appointment, beginning July 1, 2026. This position is renewable for an additional one-year (12 month) term, for a total of two years in the role depending on funding and operational need. While structured as a 12-month appointment, summer term will provide opportunity for time off. The faculty member in this role will be expected to: Maintain up to a one-course annual teaching load No departmental service or participation in routine departmental meetings and affairs

Requirements

Full-time, tenured or teaching-line associate or full faculty member at the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Strong demonstration of leadership at the department, college, and/or university level
Terminal degree in their field
Ability to provide strategic and visionary leadership for a new institute, including building structures, policies, procedures, and shared governance processes from the ground up.
Ability to support departments in reviewing, revising, sunsetting, and launching courses and programs in ways that meet student, curricular, and institutional needs.
Knowledge of university curriculum approval processes, bulletin requirements, degree requirements, and academic compliance expectations.
Ability to develop faculty-facing policies that support teaching, service, scholarship, research, and creative work within an interdisciplinary institute.
Strong understanding of faculty workload, course scheduling, course releases, service expectations, and mechanisms for documenting faculty contributions across departments and programs.
Ability to create clear templates, memoranda of understanding, tracking systems, and reporting tools to support transparency and accountability.
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with faculty, department chairs, directors of undergraduate studies, enrollment teams, academic advisors, and senior college leadership.
Strong project management skills, including the ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, coordinate multiple stakeholders, and move complex curricular work through approval processes.
Ability to lead faculty committees, set agendas, develop approval processes, and support inclusive, faculty-governed decision-making.
Ability to identify emerging trends in higher education and translate those trends into innovative academic programs and curricular opportunities.
Budget management skills, including the ability to allocate resources effectively across academic programs and align spending with curricular priorities.

Responsibilities

Provide visionary leadership in the development of the imp:ACT Institute that will establish the institute as the premier model for interdisciplinary teaching and learning at DU.
Develop and implement policies and procedures that support the teaching, service, scholarship, research and creative works of faculty affiliated with the imp:ACT Institute, including templated MOUs and tracking systems to articulate faculty teaching and service efforts.
Manage university procedures to ensure compliance and accreditation with all program and degree requirements.
Create support systems and processes for both interdisciplinary majors and Modular Majors.
Collaborate with faculty and staff to identify and launch modular majors.
In collaboration with the Associate Dean for Strategic Transformation, develop a system and structure for student advising that supports students to complete degrees housed within the Institute.
Collaborate with academic departments and the CAHSS enrollment team to develop course schedules that provide a depth and breadth of offerings that meet student needs, curricula needs, and departmental needs.
Engage with the broader educational community to identify trends and opportunities for program development within the Institute.
Collaborate with the enrollment and recruitment teams to support activities related to recruiting and marketing for these programs, curricular offerings.
Manage budgetary resources for academic programs and ensure effective allocation of funds and participate in fundraising for the Institute.
Prepare the imp:ACT Institute to search for and welcome its inaugural director within the next year to two years.
Form and serve as interim chairperson of a new college undergraduate curriculum committee composed of faculty representation from every major in the college, as well as the Enrollment Services Team representation.
Provide ex-officio leadership to this committee including setting agenda and approval processes.
Collaborate with the Dean on approval of final policy for an equitable course release structure for Director of Undergraduate Studies roles, Director of Graduate Studies, and student advising roles.
Manage the collaborative, faculty governed process for course and program approvals.
Help define roles and responsibilities for committee chair, AD, and CAHSS Support Services.
Create a committee-driven approval and delegation processes for curricular related matters.
Develop deadlines and support programs to meet deadlines for the CCC to review curricular offerings and programs, revise offerings as necessary, and complete processes to update the bulletin.
Prepare all CCC implementation decisions for final review and approval by the dean.
Collaborate with the dean, associate deans, staff and faculty on all CAHSS curricular transformation strategies as assigned, to support program excellence, recruitment of students, and ongoing alignment of curricular offerings with variations in student enrollment.