Indiana University Bloomington is conducting a national search for the next executive dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The executive dean will provide academic and administrative leadership across the arts and humanities, social and historical sciences, and natural and mathematical sciences. The role includes advancing academic priorities, supporting faculty, staff and student success, strengthening research and creative activity, guiding curricular development, and ensuring sound financial stewardship. The executive dean will also collaborate with university leaders and external partners to expand interdisciplinary opportunities and strengthen the College’s impact.
Executive Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Position Profile
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Search Committee
- Co-chair: Abra Bush, the David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean of the Jacobs School of Music.
- Co-chair: Richard Shiffrin, Distinguished and Luther Dana Waterman Professor of psychological and brain sciences in the College.
- Ravi Bhatt, co-founder and CEO of Folia and an IU alumnus.
- Carolyn Calloway-Thomas, professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies in the College.
- Corrin Clarkson, director of General Education Math and clinical associate professor of mathematics in the College.
- Aurelian Craiutu, Arthur F. Bentley Professor and chair of the Department of Political Science in the College.
- Chase Gamblin, area head and lecturer in ceramics in the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design.
- Jennifer Goodlander, associate chair of theatre and drama, associate professor of theatre, drama and contemporary dance, and director of graduate studies in the College.
- John Hanson, executive associate dean and professor of history in the College.
- David Hertz, professor of comparative literature, affiliate professor of cognitive science and adjunct professor of American studies in the College.
- Joe Lovejoy, assistant dean for integrated undergraduate experience and executive director of the Walter Center for Career Achievement in the College.
- Volodymyr Lugovskyy, professor and chair of the Department of Economics in the College.
- Lesa Major, associate dean for undergraduate affairs and associate professor in The Media School.
- Lisa-Marie Napoli, director of the Political and Civic Engagement program in the College.
- Jessica O’Reilly, associate professor in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.
- Catherine Pilachowski, Distinguished Professor of Astronomy and Daniel Kirkwood Chair in the College.
- Karolina Serafin, director of language instruction and director of undergraduate studies in Italian and teaching professor of French and Italian in the College.
- Sidney Shaw, professor of biology and director of the Light Microscopy Imaging Center in the College.
- Matt Waller, senior executive advisor to the provost (ex officio).