Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
About The Position
The University of Alabama at Birmingham seeks an accomplished, collaborative, and forward-looking dean to lead its College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). The College encompasses the arts, humanities, social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics across 19 departments and 10 interdisciplinary programs, including five joint programs with the Heersink School of Medicine. As UAB’s largest academic unit, CAS offers more than 41 baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees, as well as certificates and minors. It has approximately 6,000 students, 307 faculty members, and 157 staff. The Dean serves as the College’s chief academic and executive officer and reports to the University’s Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. The Dean will unite the College’s departments, programs, and perspectives around a shared vision that celebrates individual strengths while fostering a strong collective identity and purpose. The role includes building strong teams, supporting departmental leaders, promoting interdisciplinary engagement, and advocating for the liberal arts and sciences within a university recognized for excellence in health care, medicine, and research. Working with faculty, staff, students, alumni, University leadership, and community partners, the Dean will advance the priorities of the College’s Strategic Plan 2024–2028 and UAB’s Forging Ahead Strategic Plan. The Dean will leverage UAB’s opportunities as a leading urban research university and Association of American Universities member to connect classroom learning with research, service, and engagement in Birmingham. Priorities include strengthening recruitment, retention, experiential learning, undergraduate research, career preparation, and post-graduate outcomes for students including first-generation, Pell-eligible, transfer, adult, and non-traditional learners. The Dean will champion excellence across the College’s research, scholarship, and creative activity, supporting externally funded research, creative performance and exhibition, public and community-engaged scholarship, interdisciplinary collaboration, and funding from varied sources.
Responsibilities
- Unite the College’s departments, programs, and perspectives around a compelling shared vision and foster a strong collective identity and purpose.
- Build strong teams and support departmental leaders.
- Promote interdisciplinary engagement.
- Advocate for the liberal arts and sciences within UAB.
- Work with faculty, staff, students, alumni, University leadership, and community partners to advance the College’s Strategic Plan 2024–2028 and UAB’s Forging Ahead Strategic Plan.
- Use the university’s urban research setting to connect classroom learning with research, service, and engagement in Birmingham.
- Strengthen student recruitment, retention, experiential learning, undergraduate research, career preparation, and post-graduate outcomes.
- Champion excellence in the College’s research, scholarship, and creative activity.
- Support externally funded research, creative performance and exhibition, public and community-engaged scholarship, interdisciplinary collaboration, and pursuit of funding from varied sources.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
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