<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">Stanford University</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">Stanford University invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences. The mission of the School is to</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">develop the knowledge, talent and leadership to understand the changing Earth and to help</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">solve the resource and environmental challenges facing the world now and in the</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">decades ahead.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">The Dean of the School must possess an exceptional scholarly record and have the capacity</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">to provide intellectual leadership to the School community and support the highest</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">standards of faculty scholarship and teaching. The Dean should demonstrate the ability to</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">manage a complex organization, understand the academic process, connect with students,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">provide leadership in building a diverse, globally connected institution and have</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">knowledge of the Earth sciences, broadly defined. The Dean must also forge links with</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">other Stanford schools, the School alumni and, more generally, the Earth, energy and</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">environmental science and engineering communities outside of Stanford, and express</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">viewpoints in public speeches and writing.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">The School is one of Stanford’s seven schools, with expertise in a range of energy,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">environment and geoscience fields. The School is the key platform at Stanford for educating</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">the next generation to be responsible stewards of Earth’s resources and environment. The</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">School is comprised of four academic departments (Geological Sciences, Geophysics,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">Energy Resources Engineering and Earth System Science) and three interdisciplinary</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">programs (Computational Geoscience, Earth Systems and the Emmett Interdisciplinary</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">Program in Environment and Resources), and is also home to a suite of shared analytical</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">facilities and the Stanford Educational Farm. Understanding the fundamental physical,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">chemical and biological systems of Earth and the evolution of those systems, and</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">interactions with human activities, over the full span of Earth history are hallmarks of the</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">School. Faculty and students focus on challenges that include securing a sustainable energy</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">future, providing food and water resources, mitigating natural disaster risks, and</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">developing long-term climate solutions.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">The core community includes 65 faculty, 120 staff, 140 undergraduates, 400 graduate</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">students, and 65 post-doctoral scholars, plus a community of adjunct faculty, Professors of</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">Practice and visiting scholars. The School’s annual budget is close to $70 million, over 40%</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">of which comes from school endowment and another 30% from external support (federal,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">foundation, corporate, and others), with the remaining a combination of university general</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">funds, gifts and other revenue.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">As the senior officer of the School, the Dean is responsible for both the School’s academic</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">strategy and its fiscal management. The Dean works closely with and provides leadership</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">for faculty in planning and implementing academic programs, administers the School’s</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">resources, communicates the School’s mission and goals to internal and external</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;" class="">constituencies, and raises funds from alumni, friends, corporations and foundations.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">The Dean reports to the Provost of the University and serves on the Executive Cabinet.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">Stanford University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">faculty. It welcomes nominations of and applications from women, members of minority groups, protected</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">veterans and individuals with disabilities, as well as others who would bring additional dimensions to the</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">university’s research, teaching and clinical missions.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">Please address inquiries, nominations, and applications by Monday, May 15, 2017 to:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">Dean Search Committee</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">Building 10, Stanford University</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">Stanford, California 94305-2061</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class="">or</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;" class=""><a href="mailto:deansearch@stanford.edu" class="">deansearch@stanford.edu</a></div><div><br class=""></div></body></html>