Search for next Maxwell dean continues
The search for a new dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is still underway with no clear finalists yet.
‘We’re very pleased with the response to the search so far, and we look forward to helping bring to Maxwell a fabulous new dean,’ said Bill Banks, chair of the search committee and director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, in an e-mail.
The search committee is in the process of sifting through qualified applicants and seeking out additional candidates, said Eric Spina, vice chancellor and provost. The first phase of the interviewing process has not begun, but the search will hopefully conclude in April, Spina said.
The search committee has met twice this fall and will meet once more in December, Banks said. The first phase of interviews is airport interviews, in which an interview occurs at a neutral location. On-campus interviews will hopefully begin for finalists in late winter, Spina said.
The search included both internal candidates, people from within the Syracuse University community, and external candidates. The search committee accepted nominations and applications and also sought out candidates who fit the job, Spina said.
The search committee has 22 members, including faculty from inside and outside Maxwell, one student and Maxwell members of an alumni advisory board, Banks said. Andrew London, chairperson for SU’s sociology department, is the co-chair.
Michael Wasylenko has served as the interim dean since July, when Mitchel Wallerstein left to become the president of Baruch College, a City University of New York school. Wallerstein served as the dean for seven years.
The dean is responsible for, among other things, the school’s budget and making sure the curriculum is well developed, Wasylenko said. Maxwell is also in the process of hiring 10 new faculty members, which is one of the three main duties of the dean, along with strategic planning for the school and fundraising, he said.
‘You can’t lose track of those three big-picture items,’ he said. ‘You can get overwhelmed in the day-to-day.’
Published on December 7, 2010 at 12:00 pm
