Search for the Dean

Dear Faculty and Staff,

I am writing to inform you of the launch of a national search for the dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. The search will welcome applications from both internal and external candidates and will be supported by Storbeck Search, a nationally recognized search consultant. Professor Alan Yeakley has graciously agreed to chair the search and the members of the search committee are listed below. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to Professor Yeakley and all members of the search committee for their willingness to serve by taking on this critical institutional responsibility.

The committee will reach out to all members of the UMBC community to receive input and feedback on the criteria that will guide the search and selection process and candidates that are invited to interview. The committee will also update our community on the progress of the search over the coming months. I know that all of us will do everything we can to support the committee in their execution of this important task.

Provost Philip Rous

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Search Chair: Alan Yeakley, Chair and Professor, Geography and Environmental Sciences

Search Committee Members:

• Rob Bennett, Adjunct, English, and Chair, UMBC Adjunct Advisory Committee
• Pam Bennett, Associate Professor, Public Policy
• Lee Boot, Director, Imaging Research Center
• Lisa Cella, Chair and Professor, Music
• Jean Fernandez, Chair and Professor, English
• Felipe Filomeno, Associate Professor, Political Science
• Erika Fountain, Assistant Professor, Psychology
• Carol Hess, Chair and Professor, Dance
• María Manni, Senior Lecturer, Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication; and Executive Committee, Latinx Faculty Association
• Jennifer Mata-McMahon, Associate Professor, Education, and Director, Sherman Center for Early Childhood Education in Urban Communities
• Chris Murphy, Professor, Psychology
• Derek Musgrove, Associate Professor, History; Executive Committee, Black Faculty Committee; and Member, Committee on the Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Underrepresented Minority Faculty
• Tim Phin, Lecturer, Ancient Studies, and President, LGBTQ Faculty/Staff Association
• Janet Rutledge, Dean, Graduate School
• Colette Searls, Associate Professor, Theatre
• Greg Simmons, Vice President, Institutional Advancement
• James Smalls, Chair and Professor, Visual Arts
• Brandy Wallace, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health; and Member, Committee on the Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Underrepresented Minority Faculty
• Fan Yang, Associate Professor, Media and Communication Studies, and Executive Leadership, Asian and Asian American Faculty Staff Committee