Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism Job at Society of Professional Journal

University of California, Berkeley

Dean, School of Journalism

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) seeks a visionary, forward-looking, and community-oriented leader to serve as the next dean of the Graduate School of Journalism (UC Berkeley Journalism). The dean will have a profound opportunity to shape the future of journalism and journalism education, empowering the next generation of journalists to lead with integrity and creativity.

UC Berkeley is internationally renowned for excellence across all disciplines; for the opportunities it affords students of all backgrounds; and for scientific discovery, innovation, and cultural creativity. Consistently ranked as the No. 1 public university, the Berkeley campus is home to over 33,000 undergraduate students and more than 12,500 graduate students, as well as approximately 1,600 ladder-rank faculty across 15 schools and colleges.

UC Berkeley Journalism has been equipping exceptional students with the core values, time-honored skills and innovative tools to reveal and report the truth for over five decades. Never has the need been greater to prepare the next generation of professionals committed to reporting on contemporary realities with precision, care, and eloquence. One of the few two-year immersive master’s programs in the country—and the only graduate journalism program in the University of California system—UC Berkeley Journalism leverages close faculty contact, small classes, and creative collaboration to prepare tomorrow’s most accomplished journalists to tell stories that matter.

Reporting directly to the executive vice chancellor and provost, the dean will lead the school in fulfilling its mission of advancing journalism education and practice. The dean will focus their vision-setting work on adapting journalism education to a rapidly changing media landscape, building a more inclusive community of faculty, staff, students, and enhancing collaboration and shared purpose within the school and across the broader campus. The dean will manage resources thoughtfully, working with campus partners, the school's Advisory Board, alumni, donors, and others to increase philanthropic support for the school's faculty, programs, and students.

The next dean must have a sophisticated understanding of journalism, insight into the opportunities, challenges, and demands the field will face in the future, and the insight to anticipate the implications of this landscape for the next generation of aspiring journalists. The Graduate School of Journalism seeks a dean with substantive leadership and administrative experience, who possesses a national or international reputation as an expert practitioner or scholar within the field.

The ideal candidate will have prior academic experience or demonstrate a willingness and ability to learn the specific demands of journalism within an academic environment. The ideal candidate for this position must have an advanced degree or a minimum of 10 years of professional journalism experience. The incoming dean must merit a tenured appointment as a full professor. In reviewing candidates for tenure, the UC Berkeley Journalism looks principally for superior practitioners of journalism, in whatever form of the craft.

For the full position profile, please visit: https://wittkieffer.com/positions/200457

To be considered as a candidate, applicants must submit, as separate documents, a CV or resume and a letter of interest addressing the themes in this profile.

WittKieffer is assisting UC Berkeley in this search. For full consideration, candidate materials should be received by Friday, January 24, 2025.

Application materials should be sent to WittKieffer via email to: BerkeleyJournalism@wittkieffer.com and applicants must also apply directly to UC Berkeley at https://apptrkr.com/5850251

Nominations and inquiries can be directed to:

Suzanne Teer, Alejandra Gillette-Teran, and Bree Liddell

BerkeleyJournalism@wittkieffer.com

The posted University of California Deans’ Salary Bands set the pay ranges for deans. The Dean of Berkeley Journalism position is in Band 1: $199,700 - $509,900. The minimum salary that UC Berkeley expects to pay for this position is $360,000.

UC Berkeley offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vision and retirement plans as well as moving, relocation, and housing assistance.

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are core values at UC Berkeley. Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and academic and non-academic staff who share our commitment to these values.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

This position is a sensitive position and is subject to a criminal background check.

Questions may be referred to Sumali Tuchrello at sumali@berkeley.edu.