Associate Dean Research, Academic Engagement & Library

Associate Dean for Research, Academic Engagement & Library Experience# The Texas A&M University System Job Search## Associate Dean for Research, Academic Engagement & Library Experience Apply:
Prairie View, TX:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
R-098638
** Job Title
** Associate Dean for Research, Academic Engagement & Library Experience
** Agency
* * Prairie View A&M University
** Department
* * Library
* * Proposed Minimum Salary
** Commensurate
* * Job Location
** Prairie View, Texas
** Job Type
** Staff
* * Job Description
**** Important Immigration information:*
* * A Presidential proclamation issued on September 19, 2025, imposes a $100,000 fee on new H-1B petitions filed after September 21, 2025. Please be advised that Texas A&M University will NOT pay this fee. Therefore, if you need immigration sponsorship for your employment, we recommend that you consult with your private immigration counsel at your own expense to ascertain whether your current immigration status would make a potential offer of employment from Texas A&M University subject to this fee.
* * In addition, on January 27, 2026, Texas Governor Abbot issued a moratorium on the filing of any new H-1B unless approved by the Texas Workforce Commission. Accordingly, if you will now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status this moratorium may affect our ability to employ you should you be selected as the final candidate.
* _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _The Associate Dean for Research, Academic Engagement & Library Experience provides strategic and administrative leadership for the people, services, partnerships, and experiences through which students, faculty, researchers, and visitors engage with the University Libraries.

Reporting to the Dean of Libraries and serving on the senior leadership team, the Associate Dean leads approximately 13 full-time employees, plus student employees, across Research, Teaching, & Outreach Services and Access, Circulation & Experience Services.

The position integrates research, teaching, outreach, access, engagement, and user-experience functions around a coherent service philosophy; strengthens capabilities supporting the University’s growing research and academic mission; and advances accessible, user-centered library experiences across physical spaces, service points, digital interactions, branch locations, distributed services, partnerships, and operating hours. The Associate Dean collaborates closely with the Associate Dean for Collections, Digital Strategy & Content and other university leaders to align services, collections, technologies, spaces, and expertise with institutional priorities.

*** The salary is determined in accordance with the University’s compensation structure and will be commensurate with the candidates’ education and experience, within the assigned salary range for this position.**
* ** Responsibilities:*
* ** Strategic Leadership and Service Integration
*** Provides strategic and administrative leadership for Research, Teaching, & Outreach Services and Access, Circulation & Experience Services.
* Develops and implements an integrated service model across research, teaching, academic engagement, outreach, access, circulation, and user-experience functions.  
** Research, Teaching, and Academic Engagement*
* * Leads liaison services, library instruction and information fluency, research consultations, advanced research support, graduate and doctoral support, scholarly communication, research impact services, faculty partnerships, outreach, programming, and community engagement.
* Builds productive partnerships with colleges, faculty, graduate…