Committee selected for dean search—get this and other updates on the process
Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, interim vice chancellor and executive vice provost for academic resource management, announced the selection of the search advisory committee for the next dean of the University Libraries.Ìý
University Libraries Search Advisory Committee
Sarah Jackson (committee chair), dean, Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
- Arthur Aguilera, assistant professor, University Libraries
- Melissa Cantrell, assistant professor, University Libraries
- Shamika Dalton, associate professor, University Libraries
- Claire Hoag, associate teaching professor, University Libraries
- Rocco Labriola, head of business, earth sciences & map, Gemmill and Music Branch Services Section
- Turner Land, undergraduate student, student employee
- Merinda McLure, professor, University Libraries
- Donna Mejia, associate professor, University Libraries
- Vanessa Seals, assistant dean of Community and Organizational Development
- Nancy Stevens,Ìýprofessor, director of the Museum of Natural History
- Jamie Wittenberg, assistant dean of Research & Innovation Strategies, University Libraries
The committee—chaired by Sarah Jackson, dean of the Division of Social Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences—will begin its work in October, supported by the executive search firmÌý.
Search process milestones
- October: Engagement sessions will be conducted by WittKieffer with University Libraries constituents and the university’s deans.
- Late October: The search committee will convene to prepare the position leadership profile and job description using input from the engagement sessions.
- November: The position will be posted with a call for nominations.
- Early spring: Finalists will be invited to campus.
- Spring semester: Rosario-Ortiz plans to appoint a permanent dean.
Interim leadership
Following theÌýdeparture of Robert McDonald to the University of Texas at Austin,ÌýTamara Sumner was appointed interim dean in late June by former Provost Russell Moore. Sumner will continue in this role until a permanent dean is named.
Dean search website
VisitÌýUniversity Libraries dean search website for up-to-date information.
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