Dean, College of Humanities

Location: Northridge

DEAN, COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES CSUN's Commitment to You CSUN is committed to achieving excellence through teaching, scholarship, learning, and inclusion. Our values include a respect for all people, building partnerships with the community, and encouraging innovation, experimentation, and creativity. CSUN strives to cultivate a community in which a diverse population can learn and work in an atmosphere of civility and respect.

CSUN actively seeks candidates who make contributions to equity and inclusion in the pursuit of excellence for all members of the university community. The University

One of the largest universities in the country, California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is an urban, comprehensive university that delivers award-winning undergraduate and graduate programs to over 36,000 students annually and counts over 425,000 alumni who fuel the region's economy. Since its founding in 1958, CSUN has made a significant and long-term impact on California, generating nearly $1.9 billion in economic impact and more than 12,000 jobs each year.

California State University, Northridge is a designated Minority Serving and Hispanic Serving Institution (MSI/HSI) and a California Black Serving Institution (BSI), nationally and statewide recognized for advancing opportunity and promoting the success of Hispanic, Black, African American, and other historically underserved students. In 2025, Washington Monthly named the university the No. 1 master's university in the nation for contributions to the public good and ranked CSUN No.

2 Best Bang for the Buck in the West and No. 3 Best Colleges for Your Tuition and Tax Dollars. Also in 2025, the university earned a 4.5-star rating in Money's Best Colleges, ranked No. 3 for diversity among public universities and No. 8 in the nation for social mobility in The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse. In addition, CSUN placed No.

9 on the California Mobility Index for advancing economic and social mobility from the College Futures Foundation. The College of Humanities With ten academic departments and five interdisciplinary programs, the College of Humanities is the most diverse college at California State University, Northridge. The College comprises disciplines that traditionally make up the study of Humanities—including Philosophy, English,and Modern & Classical Languages—while also housing the oldest and largest Chicana/o Studies Department in the United States and the only Central American and Transborder Studies Department in the country.

In addition, core to the College is the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies & Liberal Studies, which puts CSUN among the top three institutions in California in preparing K-6 educators for the classroom. Among the College's newest programs are minors in Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, Queer Studies, and Civic & Community Engagement. In all, the College offers students over 40 major, minor and graduate degree paths, with many potential options for specialization.

About the Position of Dean of the College of Humanities As a member of the university's senior academic team, the Dean is the chief administrator of the college. The Dean reports to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and oversees departments and programs in the college. The Dean has primary responsibility for administering college instructional programs; creating and sustaining an environment supportive of academic excellence in teaching, research, and scholarship;

developing and promoting long-range goals for the college; supporting interdisciplinary activities among departments of the college; planning, administering, and communicating about the college annual budget; implementing and interpreting university and state policies; making independent recommendations on all college personnel matters; managing, supporting, and evaluating college managers and staff; and recommending appointments of chairs and supervising their administrative functions. The Dean plays a major role in developing external relations with organizations, individuals, the community, and government, and in seeking supplemental external support for the college.

The Dean has responsibility for providing effective leadership to support the increasing ethnic and gender diversity and international character of the college. The Dean represents the college in the university and community, and performs other duties assigned by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. As a leader, the Dean will have the opportunity to thrive in a community in which our leaders share common traits as identified in our Leadership Principles https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

Qualifications

Required qualifications:

Earned doctorate from an accredited institution with eligibility for appointment at the rank of Professor within one of the disciplines of the college At least three years of successful administrative experience in higher education, involving oversight of academic programs,…