Dean - Humanities, Social Sciences & Mathematics

Southwest Tennessee Community College is a comprehensive, multicultural, public, open—access college. Southwest has four campuses/centers from which it offers over 100 programs and over 20 technical certificate programs.

We foster student success, transform lives, and increase the educational level of a growing community in Shelby County. Southwest is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

We invite you to become a part of the Southwest Team!

Title: Dean
- Humanities, Social Sciences & Mathematics

Employee Classification: Faculty

Institution: Southwest Tennessee Community College

Department: Humanities, Social Sciences & Mathematics

Campus

Location:

SWTCC
- Multiple Campus Locations

Job Summary

The Dean of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Mathematics provides strategic, academic, and operational leadership for a multidisciplinary division that includes English, Humanities, Fine Arts, Psychology, Sociology, History, Political Science, Economics, Anthropology, Mathematics, and related general education programs. The Dean ensures high quality instruction, program integrity, accreditation compliance, and alignment with transfer, workforce, and institutional needs.

This role advances institutional goals through effective planning, faculty development, budget management, and community engagement while fostering a culture of intellectual inquiry and continuous improvement.

Job Duties

• Strategic Leadership and Planning
  • Serve as a member of the Academic Affairs and Instruction Leadership team.
  • Represent the College with the Tennessee Board of Regents, external agencies, and legislative partners.
  • Provide vision and direction for humanities, social sciences, and mathematics programs, aligning divisional goals with institutional mission, transfer pathways, and strategic priorities.
  • Lead long range planning, program expansion, and innovation in instructional delivery, interdisciplinary collaboration, and general education curriculum design.
  • Promote a collaborative and student centered culture across departments.
• Faculty and Staff Leadership
  • Recruit, hire, onboard, and retain qualified faculty and staff across humanities, social sciences, and mathematics disciplines.
  • Provide mentoring, coaching, and professional development that support instructional excellence, scholarly engagement, and creative work.
  • Conduct evaluations, manage workload assignments, and ensure transparent personnel practices.
  • Support faculty engagement in research, creative scholarship, community based learning, and interdisciplinary initiatives.
• Department Chair Leadership
  • Supervises, mentors, coaches, and evaluates department chairs to strengthen their effectiveness as academic leaders.
  • Develops chairs’ leadership capacity and builds a sustainable succession pipeline within the division.
  • Ensures consistency across departments in scheduling, faculty workload, hiring, evaluation, and academic operations.
  • Provides guidance and accountability for departmental planning, budgeting, enrollment management, and student success initiatives.
  • Aligns departmental leadership with institutional priorities through clear expectations, data informed decision making, and coordinated collaboration.
• Academic Program Oversight
  • Oversee curriculum development, program review, and assessment to ensure academic rigor, relevance, and alignment with accreditation, transfer, and statewide general education standards.
  • Ensure high quality instruction across lecture, seminar, studio, quantitative, and online learning environments.
  • Support the development of new programs, certificates, and pathways responsive to student needs, transfer requirements, and regional educational priorities.
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