Dean Search
This page is to provide members of the UA community with information on current deans' searches, including information about search firms, search committee members lists, and status. This page will be updated as the searches progress.
2022 College of Education Dean Search
Search Firm: WittKieffer https://www.wittkieffer.com/
Search Status: New dean hired at College of Education
Committee Chair
A-P Durand, Dean, College of Humanities
Committee Members
Brandon Harris, Assistant Professor of Practice, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies
Carl Liaupsin, Dept. Head and Professor, Disability & Psychoeducational Studies
Desiree Vega, Associate Professor, Disability and Psychoeducational Studies
Elena Centeno Garcia, Director of UNAM Center for Mexican Studies
Erica Travassos, Director of Development, College of Education
Jameson David Lopez, Assistant Professor, Educational Policy, Studies and Practice
Jeremy Garcia, Associate Professor, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies
Jonathan Tullis, Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
Meg Cota, Assistant Professor of Practice, Educational Leadership
Rachel Barton, Director for Faculty Affairs; Assistant to the Dean
Sara Chavarria, Assistant Dean of Research
Tasnim Alshuli, Graduate Student, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies, Member of Deans Graduate Advisory Board
2022 Eller College of Management Dean Search
Search Firm: Education Executives https://www.edexsearch.com/
Search Status: New dean hired at Eller College of Management
Committee Chair
David Hahn, Dean, College of Engineering
Committee Members
Aiza Coulter, Graduate Student, President of the African American Honorary and President of Entertainment Club
Anastasiya Ghosh, Associate Professor, Marketing
Brian Ellerman, Director, FORGE
Cortez Smith, Manager, Business Consulting
JP Roczniak, President and CEO, UA Foundation
Katie Maxwell, Associate Director, Accounting
Laura Scaramella, Director, Family and Consumer Sciences
Marci Hill, Director, Administration – Academic Affairs
Phoebe Chalk-Wadsworth, Senior Director of Development, Eller College of Management
Price Fishback, Professor, Economics
Sudha Ram, Professor, Management Information Systems
Walter Zipperman, Advisory Council Representative
Yong Liu, Department Head, Marketing
2022 College of Social and Behavioral Science Dean Search
Search Firm: Russell Reynolds Associates https://www.russellreynolds.com/en/
Search Status: New dean hired at College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Committee Chair
Andy Schulz, Dean, College of Fine Arts; Vice President for the Arts
Committee Members
Alex Braithwaite, Professor; Associate Director, School of Government & Public Policy (SGPP)
Bo Yang, Assistant Professor, Communication
Catherine Brooks, Department Head; iSchool Director; Associate Professor; Founder, Center for Digital Society and Data Studies
Diane Ohala, Associate Professor of Practice, Linguistics; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Francisco Pedroza, Assistant Dean, Business-Finance
Ginny Healy, Senior Director of Development
Guadalupe Lozano, Associate Research Professor of Mathematics, College of Science; Director, Center for University Education Scholarship (CUES); Director, External Relations & Evaluation School of Mathematical Sciences
Jenny Flynn, President and CEO, Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
Mahmoud Azaz, Associate Professor, Arabic Language, Linguistics, & Pedagogy; UA Distinguished Fellow
Ron Trosper, Professor, American Indian Studies
Sonia Batsheva Kaufman, PhD Student, Geography; Graduate and Professional Student Council