Dean Search

Michigan State University is conducting a search for its next dean of the Honors College. Updates throughout this process will be provided on this web page.

If you have nominations for qualified applicants, please refer them to the Office for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs (FASA) at this address: fasa.searchteam@msu.edu.

Image of MSU Honors College students Lowell Monis and Jerome Hamilton Jr. standing behind a black bench. Sitting on the bench are students Veona Cuthino, Domenic Cedillo, and Lily Dixon. All students are in casual MSU apparel and smiling. Some of them are holding green and white pennants that say: "HONORS COLLEGE EST. 1956". There is lush greenery in the background.

Image of a group of MSU Honors College students sitting on the grass talking with each other in front of the red brick Eustace Cole Hall.

Position Profile

If you have trouble viewing the position profile below, click here. Applications can be submitted on the MSU Careers website via this link.

Search Committee Members

Mark Largent*	Vice Provost and Dean, Undergraduate Education
John Ambrose	Executive Director of Admissions
Dorcia Chaison	Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Academic Advising
Bess German**	Assistant Dean, Honors College
Kirstin Hasler Brathwaite	University Committee on Honors Programs Representative; Associate Professor, James Madison College
Devin McAuley	Professor of Psychology, College of Social Science
Om Nair	Student Representative; Applied Engineering Sciences, College of Engineering

*Search Chair

**Affirmative Action Advocate

Search Timeline

March 7, 2025: Search committee charged by the provost
Late April to late July: Recruitment
Mid-August: Candidate review
September to early October: Interviews and community visits

Search Updates & Communication

Honors College students, faculty, staff, and various supporters were invited to listening sessions via email April 2025. For those who did not receive an invitation or are unable to attend a session, you make provide input on the next Honors College dean through this four-question electronic survey.

Questions?

Please contact the Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs at fasa.searchteam@msu.edu to reach:

Kathy Charles, MLIRHR, Sr. Director FASA
Maranda Holtsclaw, MPH, CCSP, GCDF