Dean Search

Dean Search 

Updated 6:15 p.m. February 3, 2025

This page is to provide members of the U of A 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.

2025 Wyant College of Optical Science Dean Search

Search Firm: N/A

Search Status: posting application

Committee Chair

Iman Hakim, Dean, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health 

Committee Members

Amee Henning, Media Content Manager
Bernard Kress, Director, XR Hardware at Google  
Brandon Chalifoux, Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences and Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Justin Walker, Associate Dean for Business Development and Administration 
Hong Hua, Professor and Jean M. Bennett Optical Endowed Chair, Optical Sciences
Travis Sawyer, Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences  
R. Jason Jones, Professor and John Paul Schaefer Endowed Chair
Masud Mansuripur, Professor of Optical Sciences and Chair of Optical Data Storage 
Kanu Sinha, Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences 
Mario Romero-Ortega, Professor and Department Head of Biomedical Engineering 
Laura Sawyer, Ph.D. Student 
Rayce Bacchus, Undergraduate Student 

2025 College of Fine Arts Dean Search

Search Firm: WittKieffer (https://www.wittkieffer.com)

Search Status: Posting application

Committee Chair

Nancy Pollock-Ellwand, Dean, College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture

Committee Members

Adriana Gallego, Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona 
Chad Herzog, Executive Director, Arizona Arts
David Morden, Associate Professor, TFTV
Gia Del Pino, Graduate Student
Julia Franco Ramos, Undergraduate Student, TFTV
Karin Nolan, Associate Professor of Practice, School of Music
Lori Wiest, Professor, Director, School of Music 
Sama Alshaibi, Regents Professor, School of Art
Tamara Dyke-Compton, Associate Director and Associate Professor, School of Dance
Tilghman Moyer, Executive Director of Development

Contact

Clarisa Robles Parra, MBA
Chief of Staff
clarisarobles@arizona.edu