Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Programs, and Creative Practice

Position: Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Sponsored Programs, and Creative Practice
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Job Title:

Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Sponsored Programs, and Creative Practice

Department:
Academic Affairs

Division:
Academic Affairs

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Union: NA

Salary Range: $110,000 - $150,000

Reports to:

Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

General purpose:
Reporting to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Sponsored Programs, and Creative Practice serves as the chief academic and administrative officer for graduate education and related interdisciplinary initiatives across the College. The Dean provides visionary, strategic, and operational leadership for graduate academic programs, sponsored research and programs, faculty creative practice, interdisciplinary initiatives, innovation ecosystems, and external partnerships that advance institutional mission, enrollment growth, workforce engagement, and public impact.

The Dean is responsible for strengthening the quality, distinctiveness, sustainability, and visibility of graduate education while fostering an integrated ecosystem connecting creative practice, advanced scholarship, entrepreneurship, interdisciplinary collaboration, sponsored programs, applied research, community engagement, and professional development. The Dean oversees graduate academic operations, program portfolio strategy, faculty and graduate leadership support, enrollment growth initiatives, centers and institutes, external partnerships, and resource planning.

The Dean works collaboratively with graduate directors, faculty, Enrollment Management, Advancement, Institutional Effectiveness, Academic Success, Career Development, and external partners to position graduate education, interdisciplinary innovation, and creative entrepreneurship as central drivers of institutional reputation, strategic growth, and revenue diversification.

The Dean also provides leadership, coordination, and strategic oversight for institutional centers, institutes, and innovation initiatives including the Design + Innovation Hub (D+I Hub), Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship (RCCE), Center for Creative Impact (CCI), and related externally facing initiatives connected to creative economy development, entrepreneurship, workforce engagement, sponsored projects, community partnerships, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

As a member of the Provost's Council, the Dean contributes to institutional strategy, academic planning, governance, accreditation, and cross-campus initiatives while advancing a culture of collaboration, inclusion, experimentation, and high-impact graduate education.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Graduate Strategy and Academic Programs

* Provide strategic leadership for the vision, growth, positioning, and sustainability of graduate education across the College.

* Lead graduate program portfolio management, including innovation, assessment, renewal, quality improvement, and new program development.

* Advance interdisciplinary, hybrid, online, low-residency, and professionally oriented graduate models aligned with evolving student, workforce, and industry needs.

* Support innovative curricular frameworks integrating creative practice, research, entrepreneurship, professional preparation, and experiential learning.

* Ensure academic rigor, market relevance, and alignment with institutional priorities and strategic opportunities.

Faculty Leadership, Creative Practice, and Sponsored Programs

* Collaborate with graduate directors and faculty to support academic excellence, interdisciplinary engagement, and graduate program quality.

* Support faculty creative practice, scholarship, exhibitions, publications, sponsored research, and externally funded initiatives.

* Advance institutional growth in grantsmanship, applied research, public scholarship, and sponsored partnerships.

* Foster a collaborative and inclusive graduate culture grounded in shared governance, innovation, experimentation, and student success.

Centers, Institutes, and Innovation Ecosystem Leadership

* Provide strategic leadership, coordination, and oversight for institutional centers, institutes, and interdisciplinary innovation initiatives.

* Advance the vision and external positioning of the Design + Innovation Hub (D+I Hub) as a central platform for interdisciplinary collaboration, creative innovation, industry engagement, applied research, entrepreneurship, and public-facing partnerships.

* Oversee and support the Ratcliffe Center for Creative Entrepreneurship (RCCE) in advancing student entrepreneurship, venture development, experiential learning, industry engagement, and creative economy initiatives.

* Support the Center for Creative Impact (CCI) in fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, social innovation, community partnerships, and…