Live Seminar
Congratulations on your new associate or assistant dean position! Are you asking yourself “Now what?” Do you have more questions than answers?
Maximize your transition to associate dean through networking with other new associate deans and exploring topics that are essential to the administrative role. Create a personal vision and action plan and learn to navigate common administrative challenges through group interactions, breakout sessions, and expert facilitation.
Learn how to motivate people, prioritize and delegate tasks, navigate politics, and deal with adversity while maintaining your and your school’s integrity and achieving balance between the needs of the dean, students, faculty, and yourself.
Through group discussions, take an in-depth look into the role and responsibilities of the associate dean. Facilitators and panelists with extensive administrative leadership experience will provide unique insights into the challenges new associate deans face as well as the resources and methods to handle them.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the role of the associate dean
- Identify effective strategies for successfully managing your diverse responsibilities while supporting your dean and the school
- Acquire the necessary tools for balancing work, life, and personal well-being
- Establish a peer and professional support network of other associate deans
Facilitator
Dr Paswan earned his Ph.D. (1992) in Marketing from the University of Mississippi, MS, USA; a PGDM (MBA) in 1980 from the IIM, Ahmedabad; B.Tech. (Aeronautics) in 1978 from the IIT, Madras, and a B.Sc. (PCM) from Tinsukia College, Tinsukia, India. Dr. Paswan joined the College of Business at the University of South Dakota in 1992 as an Assistant Professor of Marketing. In 1999, he moved to the College of Business, University of North Texas, Denton, as an Assistant Professor of Marketing. In 2016, he took up the position of the Associate Dean for the Graduate Program at the now RCOB, UNT. In 2023, he took up the position of the Vice Provost of UNT-Frisco and the Dean of CACS. He also retains the position of Marketing professor at the RCOB, UNT. Before coming into academia, Dr. Paswan spent eight years (1980-1988) in the advertising industry (HTA and Clarion) as an account manager and planner, and as a brand manager (CPD) in the Pharmaceutical industry (Jagdale Group) in India. Dr. Paswan has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the JM, DSJ, JR, EJM, JPPM, JPBM, and JBR. His research interests include services marketing and innovation; marketing channels, franchising, retailing; macro and societal marketing; NPD; brand management; cross-cultural and international marketing; and knowledge management. Dr. Paswan mostly taught Structural Equation Modeling and Multivariate Statistics at the Doctoral level, and Marketing Analytics courses at the master’s and undergraduate levels. He has also taught several other courses such as Services Marketing, International Marketing, Promotional Management, New Product Development, and Product & Brand Management. Dr. Paswan believes in experiential learning, i.e., learning by actually doing.
Dr. Libby Rozell currently serves as the Regional Head of the Americas at AACSB International, where she supports member schools across the region and advances AACSB’s mission to foster engagement, accelerate innovation, and amplify impact in business education. Previously, she served as associate dean of the College of Business at Missouri State University and Professor of Management. She taught Organizational Behavior at the graduate and undergraduate levels for over 25 years. Dr. Rozell received her PhD in Business Administration (Management) from the University of Mississippi. For 18 years, she held the title of Kenneth E. Meyer Professor of Management, awarded by the College of Business for her exemplary research performance. Articles she has written have appeared in elite publications such as Personnel Psychology, Group and Organization Studies, and the Journal of Psychology. She has authored over 60 publications and has received several outstanding teaching and research awards.
Who Should Attend
New associate and assistant deans, or faculty preparing to take on an associate dean position.
"The personal evaluation and action plan is extremely beneficial and well positioned at the end of seminar. This seminar is well worth my time commitment, attention, and effort. Well done!"
—Harley E. Ryan, Former Associate Dean, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
"Excellent seminar that addresses a variety of AD-relevant topics and concerns. The facilitators are very open and honest about their experiences."
—Natasha Veltri, Associate Dean & Associate Professor, Sykes College of Business, The University of Tampa
Contact Us
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