Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) seeks an innovative, entrepreneurial, and ambitious leader to serve as the next dean of the College of Computing. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a college with a unique combination of academic programs and expertise that positions it well to be a leader in some of the most exciting and important areas in today’s technological society, including data science, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. Located within Chicago’s only technology-focused university, the college is poised to play an important role in the city’s continued development as a fast-growing global hub for technology and contribute to addressing worldwide challenges across a variety of areas, including the social and material sciences, clean energy, biology and physiology, and financial technology. The next dean will lead a young and fast-growing college with a remit to hire new faculty, develop new programs, and build connections across campus, the city, and beyond.
Recently named a 2024 Best College in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal, Illinois Tech is positioned for dramatic growth and development as it continues to pursue its founding mission to provide access to higher education for students from different backgrounds and to make a difference in the world through technology-oriented education. Founded in 2020, the College of Computing is a key player in the mission and future of the university, launched to help lead education and research in Chicago’s tech community and infuse computing across the university as it provides students from all backgrounds with meaningful roles in a changing technological society.
The College of Computing has experienced significant growth in research and enrollment in recent years and is now the university’s largest college based on enrollment. The next dean will be tasked with building upon this growth by hiring excellent new faculty, cultivating additional resources, developing plans for the growth of physical and human infrastructure, and developing innovative programs that emphasize collaboration across the university’s seven colleges as well as the college’s three departments. Reporting to the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, the dean will support the vision of the university and continue to craft the college’s identity and broaden its impact. They will be attentive to teaching excellence and student success; have an entrepreneurial leadership style as well as outstanding communication and interpersonal skills; high energy; political astuteness; a deep commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; and a personal style that engenders trust, fairness, and respect. The successful candidate for this position will be globally minded and forward-thinking, in alignment with the university’s strategy and vision. They will be a tireless champion, an eager fundraiser, and enthusiastically tell the story of the college to current and potential donors while supporting a talented and diverse faculty in their research, teaching, and outreach.
Illinois Institute of Technology has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in this search. All inquiries, nominations, and applications, should be directed electronically and in confidence to:
Greg Esposito, Partner
Courtney Cabansag, Associate
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Search Committee Members
- Chair: Armour College of Engineering Interim Dean Kevin W. Cassel
- Matt Bauer, Teaching Professor, Department of Computer Science
- Gruia Calinescu, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
- Maurice Dawson, Associate Professor, Department of Information Technology and Management
- Julie Diemer, Associate General Counsel, Illinois Tech
- Yuhan Ding, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics
- Chris Gladwin, Chair, College of Computing Board of Advisors and Trustee, Illinois Tech Board of Trustees
- Jeremy Hajek, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Information Technology Management
- Carly Kocurek, Professor of Digital Humanities and Media Studies, Lewis College of Science and Letters
- Shuwang Li, Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics
- Chun Liu, Chair and Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics
- Diana Martinez, Director of Finance and Administration, College of Computing
- Ann McBroom, Department Coordinator, Department of Computer Science
- Sonja Petrovic, Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics
- Ioan Raicu, Professor, Department of Computer Science
- Ann Rangarajan, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology and Management
- Devin Savage, Dean of Libraries, Illinois Tech
- Aleksei Sorokin (AMAT, M.S. DSC ’21, Ph.D. AMAT 3rd Year), College of Computing student