Dear Feminist Colleagues,
We are currently searching for a new Dean of Arts and Sciences at the
University of Kentucky. The "deadline" for full
consideration of applications has just been extended to December 5.
I am including the job ad below.
If you are interested in this position, PLEASE apply.
If you know anyone you would like to encourage to apply, PLEASE pass the
information on to them.
If you know of anyone who you feel should be invited to apply, PLEASE
contact Dean Jeannine Blackwell, who is chairing the search
committee. Dean Blackwell's email address is
<[log in to unmask]>.
Thanks,
Joan
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Joan Callahan
Professor, Philosophy
Director, Women's Studies
University of Kentucky
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University of Kentucky
Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
The University of Kentucky seeks an innovative and forward-looking Dean
of its College of Arts and Sciences, with a starting date of July 1,
2003. The Dean is the chief executive and academic leader of the College
of Arts and Sciences and reports to the Provost of the University of
Kentucky. The responsibilities of the Dean include academic and
administrative leadership for teaching, research, and service activities;
budgetary and fiscal management; oversight of the daily affairs of the
College; development, fund raising, and alumni relations; outreach
activities; and representation of the interests of the College and the
University in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the nation, and the world. A
major responsibility of this position is to encourage, inspire, and work
effectively with College faculty, students, and staff, and to assume a
leadership role within the University community.
The University of Kentucky, the state's flagship public land grant
university, has a new administration and administrative structure, an
exciting new atmosphere on campus, and an ambitious new trajectory for
future growth. The Kentucky Legislature has given the University a
mandate to reach Top 20 status among public
research universities by the year 2020, and has supported that mandate
with competitive matching grants in the Research Challenge Trust Fund
(RCTF). The new Dean must be prepared to initiate and respond to these
opportunities and challenges with fresh ideas as well as established
approaches. Since 1997, the University has established 141 new research
professorships through the RCTF “Bucks for Brains” program. In the last
year, the University increased the level of extramural funding by 22.1%
to 212 million dollars. The University established a variety of programs
to bring in 51 National Merit Scholars, 272 Governor's Scholars and
Governor's School for the Arts students, one National Achievement Scholar
and one National Hispanic Scholar in the entering class, and to stimulate
summer undergraduate research programs for minority students.
The University of Kentucky is a
selective admissions institution with a total enrollment of 26,000
including 5,600 graduate and professional students in 19 colleges and
schools located on the main campus and in the Medical Center, offering a
full range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. An
additional 8,000 students attend Lexington Community College. The
University faculty and alumni include winners of Nobel and Pulitzer
Prizes along with Guggenheim, Rhodes, and Fulbright fellowships. The
College of Arts and Sciences is home to 3,565 undergraduates and 17% of
all University graduate students, and is responsible for teaching more
than half of the course work of all undergraduate students during their
careers. The College comprises 16 discipline-based departments, 12
interdisciplinary programs, and more than a dozen other freestanding
academic enterprises. Its annual budget is 42 million dollars.
The opportunities and advantages of this position as Dean are: an
intellectually engaged and committed faculty of 342 scholars in tenurable
and tenured lines and 30 continuing full-time lecturers; an emerging and
still flexible University structure; a new library with the largest book
endowment of any public university in America; strong support for
educational reform and its funding from state government; the possibility
of a continuing matching fund from state government; a supportive College
Advisory Board; potential for growth in alumni relations; a city and
University with thriving arts, opera, and an emerging technological base;
a central and accessible location in Kentucky’s Bluegrass region,
approximately 80 miles south of Cincinnati and 80 miles east of
Louisville.
Such a Dean must have the following qualifications: proven leadership and
administrative acumen; commitment to excellence in research, graduate,
and undergraduate education; appreciation of the diverse missions of the
College’s physical and natural science, social science, and humanities
disciplines and the multidisciplinary programs; commitment to the goals
of vigorous intellectual life, affirmative action and diversity in higher
education; an extensive record of scholarly achievement and significant
involvement in graduate education in one of the disciplines represented
within the College or in a related area; personnel and budgetary
experience; an earned doctorate; and qualifications commensurate with
tenure at the rank of Professor in one of the disciplines within the
College.
Applicants should include a letter summarizing relevant experiences in
leadership, administration, and academics; a statement of philosophy on
balance of the liberal arts undergraduate experience, the research
enterprise, and land grant service; a current curriculum vitae; and the
names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of four
references.
Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2002 and continue until
the position is filled. Applications received by December 5, 2002 will
receive full consideration.
Applications from and nominations of women and minorities are strongly
encouraged.
For more information see this web site:
http://www.uky.edu/AS/DeanSearch/
Address correspondence to:
Dr. Jeannine Blackwell, Chair
College of Arts and Sciences Dean Search Committee
C/O Provost’s Office
106 Gillis Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0033