Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Classification:  Administrator IV
Hours:  Full-time / 40 hours per week
FLSA:  Exempt

Anticipated Start Date:  January 2025 

Anticipated Hiring Salary Range:  $17,916 to $19,803* mo.
CSU Salary Schedule
*CSUMB provides pay scales representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for this position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, and CSU systemwide pay for comparable jobs.

Priority Screening Date:  October 11, 2024
Recruitment Status:  Open Until Filled

California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. CSUMB is a growing, dynamic, vision-driven comprehensive state university with a strong culture of educational innovation and a deep commitment to its role as a regional steward.

The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) offers a liberal arts education that fosters critical thinking, creativity, communication, social responsibility, intercultural competence, and lifelong learning. We advance knowledge of the human experience and empower students to thrive in a complex world. The College is comprised of six departments offering 11 undergraduate degrees and 20 minors in a supportive, beneficial environment. Majors in the College include Cinematic Arts & Technology, Ethnic & Gender Studies, Global Studies, Humanities and Communication, Japanese Language & Culture, Music, Psychology, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Sociology, Spanish Language & Hispanic Cultures, and Visual & Public Art. CAHSS students secure a long-lasting, well-rounded, broad-based humanities education preparing them for taking on the leadership needs of a diverse, inclusive society. Whether it’s seeking the intercultural communication and diplomatic credentials needed to work for the U.S. Department of State as a cultural ambassador, or co-creating the next Oscar-winning film, Monterey Bay students achieve their professional dreams with the support of their faculty mentors.

California State University, Monterey Bay

Empowered by an inspiring Founding Vision Statement, CSUMB, as an institution, transforms students’ lives through a focus on student success and engagement in its regional community. CSUMB is a comprehensive, mid-sized, four-year university of 7,800 students and has earned designation as both a Minority-Serving Institution and a Hispanic-Serving Institution. With 56% of students living on campus, CSUMB is the most residential university in the CSU system and boasts a vibrant campus culture. CSUMB currently has 194 tenure-line faculty and 298 lecturers, an alumni base of 24,000, and a current annual operating budget of $150 million. While CSUMB serves students from across California and beyond, 42% of the University’s undergraduates come from Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz counties. Given the University’s commitment to the success of every student, the faculty, staff, and administration have successfully increased student retention and completion in comparison to the rest of the CSU. The campus community prides itself on making world-class higher education accessible to traditionally underserved, first-generation, and low-income populations.

CSUMB’s Founding Vision Statement guides the development of the University, which is envisioned as a comprehensive public university that values service through high-quality education. The Founding Vision Statement emphasizes service to the diverse people of California, especially the working class, historically undereducated and low-income populations. The statement further articulates a substantive commitment to multilingual, multicultural, gender-equitable learning. The ethos includes a culture of innovation in its overall conceptual design and organization in service to the economy of the state, the wellbeing of regional communities, and the quality of life and development of its students, faculty, and service areas.

Through this initial vision, CSUMB strives to become a model pluralistic academic community where everyone learns and teaches one another in an atmosphere of mutual respect and the pursuit of excellence. The faculty and staff are