Dean Engaged Teaching, Learning, and Student Success

The Dean for Engaged Teaching, Learning, and Student Success provides strategic vision and leadership tailored to the unique ecosystem at Otis College of Art and Design. This role unifies creative practice with academic support, bridging studio cultures, research, industry preparedness, and holistic student retention.

The Dean directly supervises and integrates five core areas to support visual artists, designers, and creative scholars:
Teaching and Learning Center (TLC), Student Learning Center (SLC), Academic Advising, Registration and Records, and Library Services. Reporting directly to the Provost, the Dean aligns these units to ensure that academic development and pedagogical innovation directly drive professional readiness, entrepreneurship, and industry-standard portfolio creation for a seamless, equitable, and highly engaged educational ecosystem.

• Unified Vision
  :
  Design and execute a comprehensive student success strategy that integrates faculty development, academic support, and enrollment services.
• Equity & Inclusion
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  Implement data-driven initiatives to close equity gaps and improve retention, persistence, and graduation rates across diverse student populations.
• Policy Governance
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  Collaborate with academic leadership to reform, implement, and enforce academic and enrollment policies that remove structural barriers to graduation.

• Professional
  Practices
  :
  Embed professional practices into the core academic experience by partnering with faculty to integrate internships, business skills, and creative entrepreneurship into curricula.
• Professional
  Portfolio
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  Supervise professional portfolio milestones (non-course checkpoints like exhibitions, or senior showcases) through academic advising and learning centers, ensuring students hit critical industry benchmarks prior to graduation.
• Creative
  Economy
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  Equip students for the creative economy by designing workshops, materials, and support frameworks that teach shifting economy resilience, gallery representation, design agency navigation, and corporate design leadership.

• Creative
  Pedagogy
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  Advance studio-based critique models, experiential learning, and project-based learning methodologies through targeted faculty professional development.
• Inclusive
  Critique
  Practices
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  Collaborate with faculty to foster inclusive critique cultures and diverse curricular perspectives in art and design history, theory, and practice.
• Creative Technologies
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  Thoughtfully integrate creative technologies and generative AI tools into high-impact teaching and learning practices.
• Learning Styles
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  Support diverse learning styles common in creative cohorts, including visual learners, neurodivergent students, and international scholars.
• Critique & Retention
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  Implement data-driven initiatives to support students navigating the rigorous demands of foundation years, portfolio reviews, and thesis projects.
• Budget
  Planning
  :
  Formulate and manage the annual operational budgets across all five reporting units, aligning allocations with creative and strategic priorities.
• Personnel
  Development
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  Mentor and evaluate a high-performing team of directors, managers, and professional staff.

• Teaching and Learning Center (TLC):
• Partner with faculty to enhance critique models, interdisciplinary collaboration, real-world and inclusive teaching in both studio and liberal arts contexts.
• Champion high-impact art/design pedagogical practices, and ongoing professional development for full-time and working-artist adjunct faculty.
• Tailor academic support to include visual literacy, writing labs tailored…