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Dean of Georgetown College (EXPIRED)

Georgetown University

Job category Senior faculty / Tenured, continuing or permanent
AOS Open
AOC Open
Workload Full time
Vacancies 1
Organization's reference number N11437
Location Washington, District of Columbia, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Job description

Georgetown University invites inquiries, nominations, and applications for the position of dean of Georgetown College. The dean is the academic leader of Georgetown College, the oldest school within the university, home to 26 academic departments and 12 interdisciplinary programs across the arts and sciences. The College and the university have a long tradition of strong leadership and a powerful sense of community, and the College is thriving within a university that continues to grow in stature and recognition.  

Georgetown College is the school of arts and sciences in a student-centered research university. The dean is responsible for supporting, strengthening, and diversifying a strong faculty while enhancing the environment for research and strengthening graduate programs in collaboration with the dean of the Graduate School. The dean will enhance and promote programs within and across disciplines – both within the College and in partnership with the other university deans. The dean is responsible for maintaining and promoting the school’s commitment to exceptional undergraduate education, achieved through substantive student-faculty interaction in and beyond the classroom; pedagogical innovation; active, reflective, and experiential learning; application of theory to practice; artistic production; opportunities for undergraduate research; and the development of the critical thinking, writing, and analytical skills which are the hallmarks of a liberal arts education. The dean of Georgetown College is appointed by the president (John DeGioia) and reports to the provost (Robert Groves). 

The ideal candidate for this position will be an accomplished scholar, a talented administrator, and a strategic thinker with the intellectual and personal qualities essential to guiding the College through a challenging and changing academic environment. The dean plays a leading role in supporting and sustaining Georgetown’s Catholic and Jesuit identity. 

The College will contribute to several transformational initiatives currently underway, including a major expansion of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Working Group on Racial Injustice, the establishment of a Humanities Center, and the Designing the Future(s) educational initiatives. 

Founded in 1789, Georgetown University is the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit university. Today, Georgetown is a major international, student-centered research university, embodying its founding principles in the diversity of its students, faculty, and staff; a commitment to justice and the common good; intellectual openness; and an international character. As the largest and most academically diverse school in the university, the College currently enrolls 3,854 undergraduates and employs a full-time faculty of 553, including both tenure-line and non-tenure-line members. The College shares responsibility for graduate education with the Graduate School, as the College faculty participate in 19 Ph.D. programs and more than 50 master’s programs (home to 396 master’s students and 584 doctoral students).  

Many College faculty have joint appointments with the School of Foreign Service and the McCourt School of Public Policy. College faculty also contribute to degree programs offered by Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies, including the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in Liberal Studies, master’s degrees in Professional Studies (with tracks in journalism and public relations), and a variety of certificate programs.  

Georgetown College is part of the Main Campus, which also includes the McDonough School of Business, the McCourt School of Public Policy, the Walsh School of Foreign Service, the School for Continuing Studies, and the undergraduate programs of the School of Nursing and Health Studies. In addition to the Main Campus, the university consists of the Law Center and the Medical Center. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is responsible for graduate programs in the Main Campus and the Medical Center. 

Inquiries, nominations, and applications are invited. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. For fullest consideration, applicant materials should be received by September 23, 2016. Candidates should provide a curriculum vitae, a letter of application that addresses the responsibilities and requirements described in the leadership profile available at http://www.wittkieffer.com, and the names and contact information of five references. References will not be contacted without prior knowledge and approval of candidates. These materials should be sent via e-mail to Georgetown’s consultants Jean Dowdall, Robin Mamlet and Elizabeth Bohan at [email protected]. The consultants can be reached by telephone through the desk of Leslie Donahue at 630-575-6178.

Georgetown University values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity for all persons regardless of age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status protected by law.

How to apply
Application type Email
Email to apply
Hard deadline September 23, 2016, 7:59pm -11:00
Contact
Web address for more information http://www.georgetown.edu/
Contact name Jean Dowdall, Robin Mamlet and Elizabeth Bohan
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Time created June 20, 2016, 11:22am UTC
Scheduled expiry date September 23, 2016, 7:59pm -11:00
Expired on September 24, 2016, 7:59pm -11:00
Last updated February 9, 2024, 10:26pm UTC
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