UMKC Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences Search

The University of Missouri-Kansas City launched a national search to fill the position of the inaugural dean of the new UMKC School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

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Search Committee

Committee Chair

• Brian Klaas, dean of the Bloch School of Management

Members

• Ricky Allman, professor, Art and Art History
• Hadara Bar-Nadav, professor, English
• Brenda Bethman, associate teaching professor, Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies
• Lawrence Brooks IV, student
• Ken Ferguson, Faculty Senate representative and professor of Law
• Debra Leiter, associate professor, Political Science
• Gayle Levy, associate professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Diane Mutti Burke, professor and former chair, History
• Sirisha Naidu, associate professor, Economics
• Christiana Rangel, student recruitment program manager
• J.D. Rios, Hispanic Advisory Board member
• Lori Sexton, associate professor and chair, Criminal Justice and Criminology
• Michelle Smirnova, associate professor, Sociology
• Ye Wang, associate professor and chair, Communications Studies

Please send any additional inquiries or feedback to umhrexecutivesearch@umsystem.edu.