Baker School announces recruitment for Associate Dean
The rapidly growing academic unit is now serving nearly 150 students in its second year of operation.
The Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) seeks an accomplished and highly entrepreneurial academic administrator to serve as Associate Dean.
Launched in July 2023 but tracing its roots to 20 years earlier when a Congressionally-funded endowment first established the Baker Center for Public Policy, the Center and now the School have had a consistent mission to educate and promote research to further the public’s knowledge of our system of governance and to highlight the critical importance of public service. It was the late U.S. Senator Howard Baker‘s legacy.
The Baker School is now serving nearly 150 students in its second year of operation. The school’s graduate programs are growing rapidly and the undergraduate degree, now in its inaugural year, has proven to be popular among first-year students at UTK. The School has an extraordinary building on campus, a faculty known for expertise in key public policy fields, and a dedicated group of faculty and staff who are committed to building a leading school of public policy and public affairs at UTK.
The Associate Dean will serve as the Baker School’s Chief Academic Officer, overseeing faculty and programs to set the School up for long-term success. In partnership with the Dean, the Associate Dean will operationalize the School’s strategic initiatives, lead all facets of faculty oversight, including recruitment, retention, and development, as well as curricular enhancements, and serve as the School’s liaison to the broader UTK campus, particularly those programs with cross-listed academic offerings and joint faculty appointments.
Jeff Kessner is leading the search for Isaacson, Miller along with Stephen Kalogeras and Jenny Rubin.
Relevant information can be found at this link.
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