Associate deans

Associate dean for undergraduate studies

Areas of responsibility

  • Academic staff ESS promotions and selective salary processes
  • Accelerated programs (with AD for research and graduate studies)
  • Accreditation and academic program review (with associate deans)
  • CLAS college group requirements
  • First-year programs – learning communities
  • General education requirements
  • Internal awards (CLAS teaching and Academy of Scholars)
  • Med-Direct program – selection of applicants (with Honors College and School of Medicine)
  • Student diversity, equity and inclusion 
  • Student scholarships
  • Student success for undergrad (grade appeals, student conduct, other services)
  • Transfer, articulation and pathway agreements
  • Undergraduate:
    • Academic advising
    • Assessment (with AD for research and graduate studies)
    • Course enrollments (with AD for research and graduate studies and associate director of student services)
    • Curriculum development
    • Research (with AD for research and graduate studies)
    • Student recruitment
    • Student retention

Associate dean for faculty affairs and personnel

Areas of responsibility

  • Adjunct and emeritus position requests
  • Chair and director searches
  • Contracts and bargaining agreements
  • Course enrollments
  • Faculty:
    • Development and mentoring
    • Diversity and inclusion
    • Mentoring 
    • Part-time hiring
    • Promotion and tenure
    • Salary processes
    • Searches and hiring (with AD for research)
    • Renewals and retention
  • Flexible work arrangements and modified duties
  • Humanities Commons
  • Internal awards (Humanities Center)
  • Liaison to C&IT (Computer & Information Technology)
  • Liaison to centers and programs
  • Mentoring
  • Museum development
  • Negotiations
  • Policies and bylaws
  • Retirement and phased retirement
  • Sabbaticals and leaves
  • Space:
    • Allocations and renovations for offices and common areas
    • Strategic planning (with FP&M) for offices and common areas
  • Strategic planning

Associate dean for research and graduate studies

Areas of responsibility

  • Accelerated programs (with AD for undergraduate studies)
  • CLAS graduate programs/CLAS master's office
  • Graduate assessment (with AD for undergraduate studies)
  • Graduate enrollments (with AD for undergraduate studies)
  • Graduate faculty appointments
  • Graduate students:
    • Diversity and inclusion
    • Funding
    • Graduate assistantships (GTA, GSA, GRA)
    • Recruitment
    • Retention
    • Student success (grade appeals, student conduct, other services)
    • Teacher training
  • Internal research awards (Graduate School, OVPR, provost)
  • Liaison to Graduate School
  • Liaison to OEHS – Office of Environmental Health & Safety
  • Liaison to OVPR (Office of the Vice-President for Research)
  • Portal to the community (with Michigan Science Center)
  • Post-doc affairs
  • Research support:
    • Aspects of promotion and tenure (with AD for faculty affairs)
    • Award management (pre and post; with OVPR)
    • CLAS Science Stores
    • Extramural grant capture
    • Grant writing workshops for faculty
    • Procuring research matching (with OVPR/Office of Provost)
    • Publication subventions
    • Startup discussions STEM hires (with AD for faculty affairs)
    • Undergraduate research development
  • Safety issues – Chemistry Safety Committee
  • Space:
    • Allocations and renovations for labs only
    • Strategic planning (with FP&M) for labs only
  • Student recruitment:
    • College committee
    • International efforts (with Office of Global Engagement)
    • Focus groups(with Office of Provost)
  • Student service fee allocations
  • Special programs – one-time funds, infrastructure development