Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University

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Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Tepper School of Business
Faculty Position Opening

The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a dynamic, collaborative college that is home to a variety of academic areas, teaching programs and interdisciplinary research centers. In all of its endeavors, Tepper is committed to creating communities with diverse representation and inclusive cultures.

Tepper seeks a collaborative, knowledgeable and action-oriented individual to serve as its first Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). We seek an outstanding academic with experience strengthening DEI in a university setting. Our expectation is that this individual will report directly to the Dean and have an academic record suitable for appointment as an Associate or Full Professor in either the tenure or teaching track at the Tepper School.

Starting date: September of Academic Year 2022-23

Salary: Commensurate with professional experience and academic record

Qualifications:
PhD in business or related disciplines and excellent research and/or teaching in an area represented at the Tepper School (e.g., Accounting, Business Technologies, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Operations Management, Operations Research, Organizational Behavior and Theory, Strategy). Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion. Candidates with prior academic leadership experience and/or research or teaching related to diversity and inclusion are preferred.

Responsibilities
The Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will be expected to to help recruit underrepresented faculty, students and staff to the Tepper School; to develop and deliver effective mentoring programs that enable the retention of a talented and diverse group of faculty, students and staff; to develop educational experiences and curricula about creating and sustaining an inclusive and representative community; to collaborate with the Provost’s office, Dean, Senior Associate Dean and DEI staff in sharing ideas and opportunities to advance DEI; to engage with the broader community to increase diversity, equity and inclusion; and to to interpret and disseminate data relevant to DEI and the success of DEI initiatves to Tepper stakeholders. In addition to administrative activities associated with the Associate Dean role, a successful candidate will be expected to do some teaching and, if on the tenure track, some research.

Institution:
The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon consistently ranks among the top business schools in the world at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Tepper School programs emphasize leadership, innovation and communication as well as quantitative decision making and analytical approaches to problem solving for which the Tepper School is renowned. Faculty enrich the diverse and relatively small university community that prides itself on the open exchange of ideas, where discovery, creativity, and personal and professional development can flourish. For more information about programs at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon, please go to www.tepper.cmu.edu. For more information about Carnegie Mellon University, please go to www.cmu.edu and https://www.cmu.edu/diversity/.

Application Process: Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a DEI statement, three research papers (if applying for the tenure track), and evidence of teaching excellence via Interfolio (https://apply.interfolio.com/98181). The DEI statement should discuss strategies that you think will be effective in increasing diversity, equity and inclusion. References will be requested of candidates invited for interviews later in the process. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled; complete applications received by December 15, 2021 will be assured full consideration.

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Rosanne Christy, Faculty Search Coordinator for Associate Dean position at rosanne@andrew.cmu.edu or 412-268-1350.

Carnegie Mellon University considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, gender, race, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.