Georgia Southern University has launched a national search for its next Dean of the Parker College of Business in Academic Affairs. Reporting directly to Provost Avinandan (Avi) Mukherjee, Ph.D., the selected executive vice president for Academic Affairs.
About the Position
Search Process
Timeline
April 2025
- Announcement of search
- Initial search committee meeting
May 2025 – July 2025
- Search firm commences networking and screening of prospective candidates
- Search updates provided to the Search Committee
August 2025
- Search Committee conducts initial interviews with candidates
- Search Committee selects finalists for campus interviews
September 2025
- Campus interviews with finalists
- Offer made
Advisory Committee
- Amy Lingo, Search Committee Co-Chair, Professor, and Dean, College of Education
- Steve Engel, Search Committee Co-Chair, Professor, and Dean, Honors College
- Andrea Scheetz, Associate Professor, School of Accountancy
- Benjamin Tankersley, Assistant Director, Office of Graduate Programs
- Christian Barney, Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing
- Danielle Smith, Director, Experiential Learning & Corporate Relationships
- Deepak Iyengar, Professor, Department of Logistics & Supply Chain Management
- Jason Beck, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
- Joseph Ruhland, Professor and Chair, Department of Finance
- Michael Lee Thomas, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Marketing
- Rachel Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Management
- Robert Szymanski, Lecturer, Department of Information Systems and Analytics
- Yuan Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing
- Janice Brown, Administrative Assistant II, School of Accountancy
- Rita Haddad, Executive Assistant II, Dean’s Office
- Greg Parker, Community Partner
- Jimmy Childre, Community Partner