Department Chair; Computer Science

Department Chair (Computer Science)

The Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Angelo State University provides academic, administrative, and strategic leadership for a dynamic department committed to excellence in teaching, student success, curriculum innovation, and faculty collaboration. Reporting to the Dean of the College of Science and Engineering, the Chair is responsible for fostering a student-centered culture that promotes retention, graduation, and career readiness while ensuring a high-quality, cohesive curriculum across undergraduate and graduate programs.

The Chair will lead efforts to strengthen academic programs through continuous assessment and improvement, support faculty development and scholarly activity, promote a collaborative and inclusive departmental culture, and build partnerships that enhance student learning and workforce preparation. The successful candidate will provide visionary yet practical leadership that balances innovation with operational excellence and advances the mission of the department, the college, and Angelo State University.

Essential Duties:

• Student Success:
  Provide leadership to improve student success through effective advising, student engagement, retention initiatives, timely graduation, and career preparation. Foster a student-centered culture that promotes academic achievement and prepares graduates for successful careers and advanced study.
• Curriculum Leadership:
  Lead the continuous review, assessment, and improvement of undergraduate and graduate curricula to ensure academic quality, appropriate course sequencing, industry relevance, and alignment with student learning outcomes. Promote collaboration among faculty to maintain a cohesive and high-quality educational experience across all programs.
• Faculty Leadership and Department Culture:
  Recruit, mentor, evaluate, and support faculty while fostering a collaborative, collegial, and accountable departmental culture. Encourage excellence in teaching, scholarship, service, and shared governance, while promoting open communication and teamwork across the department.
• Research and External Partnerships:
  Support faculty and student scholarship, external funding opportunities, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Develop partnerships with industry, government, alumni, and community organizations that enhance student learning, workforce development, and the department's regional impact.
• Operational Leadership:
  Provide effective administrative leadership by overseeing course scheduling, workload assignments, budgeting, personnel, facilities, and other departmental operations. Ensure compliance with university policies while promoting efficient and transparent decision-making.
• Assessment and Continuous Improvement:
  Promote a culture of continuous assessment and evidence-based decision making. Use program assessment, student success data, and faculty input to strengthen academic programs, improve operational effectiveness, and support continuous departmental improvement.
• Strategic Leadership:
  Develop and implement a strategic vision that strengthens the department's academic foundation while positioning it for sustainable growth. Work collaboratively with the dean, faculty, students, and external stakeholders to advance the mission of the department, the College of Science and Engineering, and Angelo State University.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of academic leadership and operations within a computer science department, including curriculum development, student success initiatives, faculty evaluation, assessment, budgeting, and university policies and procedures. Knowledge of effective teaching practices, student learning, curriculum design, and continuous program improvement, including the use of assessment data to support evidence-based decision making. Knowledge of faculty development, shared governance, accreditation, strategic planning, and best practices for leading a collaborative academic department.

Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, with the ability to build trust, foster collaboration, and work effectively with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and external partners. Demonstrated leadership and consensus-building skills with the ability to facilitate productive discussions, resolve conflicts, and guide departments through organizational change. Skill in strategic planning, project management, and organizational leadership, with the ability to balance long-term vision and day-to-day operational effectiveness.

Skill in developing partnerships with industry, government, alumni, and community organizations that enhance student learning, experiential education, workforce development, and external funding opportunities.

Ability to provide visionary and collaborative leadership that promotes student success, academic excellence, faculty engagement, and a positive departmental culture. Ability to lead continuous improvement through curriculum review, assessment, strategic…