Bradley University

Dean

Bradley University seeks an innovative, creative, and collaborative leader to serve as Dean of the Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts. The dean will have an exciting opportunity to build on the college’s tradition of excellence, seizing opportunities to make impactful contributions toward institutional priorities and elevating the college’s visibility across and beyond the university.

The Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts is a center of creative collaboration and convergence across teaching, scholarship, and service at Bradley. It is a hub of activity for makers, storytellers, and performers—people who seek to use their flair to enrich the world and help others with their talents.

Slane College faculty, staff, and students have co-created a unique and vibrant community that values imagination, creativity, and communication, leveraging new and emerging technology to meet the rapidly changing needs of our interconnected world.

The college offers innovative undergraduate and graduate programs across five departments—Art and Design, Communication, Interactive Media, Music, and Theatre Arts.

Experiential learning is at the core of Slane College’s educational method and is a fundamental part of its teaching and learning model. Internships, practicums, expeditions, and other co-curricular activities allow students to experiment with the latest digital, social media, and art-oriented technology, amplifying their education through immersive learning experiences.

To learn more about Slane College and the dean opportunity, download the comprehensive leadership profile at https://wittkieffer.com/positions/200422.

Bradley University is a top-ranked, private university in Peoria, Illinois, offering nearly 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students opportunities, choices, and resources to build their futures. Innovation, action, and collaboration drive Bradley students to generate ideas and create solutions that remake the world around them.

Bradley’s comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate academic programs includes business, communications, education, engineering, fine arts, health sciences, liberal arts and sciences, and technology.

The preferred dean candidate will have a terminal degree and an academic record suitable for appointment at the rank of full professor in the college. Candidates with significant leadership experience in a relevant field are encouraged to apply.

WittKieffer is assisting Bradley University in this search. Applications should include, as separate documents, a CV or resume and a letter of interest. Candidates will be considered until an appointment is made.

For priority consideration, applications materials should be submitted by December 1, 2024, via WittKieffer’s candidate portal at https://apptrkr.com/5739241. Nominations and inquiries can be directed to Philip Tang and Sarah Seavey at .

Bradley University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. The administration, faculty and staff are committed to attracting qualified candidates from underrepresented groups.