Search/Advisory Committee: Dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture

Dear Colleagues:

A search/advisory committee has been assembled and charged with identifying candidates for the next dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.

Christina A. Christie, Wasserman Dean of the School of Education and Information Studies and professor of education, is chair of the committee. Other members are:

• Steve F. Anderson – professor of film, television & digital media and of design | media arts; associate dean, academic affairs, School of the Arts and Architecture
• Mariana Ibañez – associate professor and chair, Department of Architecture & Urban Design
• Victoria Marks – professor of world arts and cultures/dance; chair, disability studies major and minor
• Lauren Lee McCarthy – professor of design | media arts and disability studies
• Uri McMillan – professor of English and gender studies
• Casey Reas – professor of design | media arts
• Zoë Ryan – director, Hammer Museum at UCLA
• Rodrigo Valenzuela – associate professor of art; Faculty Executive Committee chair, School of the Arts and Architecture

To enhance the search effort, we have retained an executive search firm, Isaacson, Miller, represented by consultants Rafael Escobedo, Keith Mason and Cati Mitchell-Crossley.

I would very much appreciate your circulating the announcement and notifying the search/advisory committee of any individuals you feel are exceptionally well qualified for the position. The committee also welcomes input on ideal qualities and qualifications for the dean; current opportunities, challenges and priorities that could help set the agenda for the school; and any other information or insight that will help guide the committee’s efforts. We expressly invite input and nominations via the search feedback survey; by email to our confidential search address SOAADeanSearch@conet.ucla.edu; or by contacting Elise Lovejoy (ELovejoy@conet.ucla.edu) and/or Traci Considine (TConsidine@conet.ucla.edu) in the Office of the EVCP. Inquiries may also be sent to our search consultants at UCLASOAADean@imsearch.com. All correspondence will be held in strict confidence among committee members and consultants.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Darnell Hunt
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost