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The Opportunity

NC State invites applications and nominations for the position of dean of the College of Education. The university seeks a leader committed to the following: expanding the college’s foundation of groundbreaking research and scholarship; promoting a strong reputation of service built over the last five years; and boldly opening up the college to additional areas of national renown. This leader must understand the college’s role in education at the statewide and national levels, and have a vision for advancing education for students, teachers, counselors and administrators.

Nomination Committee

9.13.21

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden is pleased to announce that an open search for the Dean of the College of Education is now underway. 

  • Committee Chair: Chris McGahan, Dean, College of Sciences
  • Ann Goodnight, Secretary, NC State Board of Trustees
  • Mandy Blackmon, Director of Human Resources, College of Education
  • Christy Byrd, Associate Professor, Teacher Education and Learning Sciences, College of Education
  • Sarah Carrier, Professor, Teacher Education and Learning Sciences, College of Education
  • Lilia Collazo, Assistant Dean for Finance and Business, College of Education
  • Jessica DeCuir-Gunby, Head and Professor, Teacher Education and Learning Sciences
  • Cesar Delgado, Associate Professor, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education, College of Education
  • BJ Durham, Graduate Student, College of Education
  • Matt Friedrick, Executive Director of Development, College of Education
  • Bonnie Fusarelli, Professor, Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development, College of Education
  • Joy Gaston Gayles, Senior Advisor for Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, College of Education
  • Audrey Jaeger, Executive Director, Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, and W. Dallas Herring Professor, Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development, College of Education
  • Maggie Lally, Undergraduate Student
  • Soonhye Park, Professor, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education, College of Education
  • Hiller Spires, Executive Director, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, and Associate Dean, College of Education
  • Mike Ward, Chair, College of Education Board
  • Carrol Warren, Assistant Teaching Professor, Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development, College of Education

Executive Search Services in NC State’s Human Resources division will be assisting the committee. Kelly Wick will be managing the search for the Provost’s Office.

Nomination Committee Meetings

  • Charge to the committee: 9.24.21, 1:30 – 3 p.m., via Zoom
  • Recruitment check-in: 11.17.21, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., via Zoom
  • Mid-search review: 12.06.21, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m., via Zoom
  • Candidate selection: 1.20.22, 1:30 – 3 p.m., via Zoom
  • First round interviews: Weeks of January 31 and February 7, 2022
  • Finalist interviews: Weeks of February 21 and 28, 2022

More Information on the Search