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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs-Admin College of Dentistry

Position Number: 6455181
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Position Type: Deans - Medicine

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs-Admin College of Dentistry
Memphis, TN, United States

Job Identification: 4489
Job Category: Academic
Posting Date: 08/08/2025
Job Schedule: Full Time
Locations: 875 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN, 38163, US

Job Description
The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is seeking applicants for the position of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. This position provides leadership, general oversight, and coordination of the dental education programs in support of College of Dentistry academic mission and strategic vision.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership for the dental educational program and academic curriculum.
Develop and maintain academic policy and procedures in compliance with applicable regulations.
Oversee outcomes assessment and track program metrics.
Continually assess and improve the dental education program by providing oversight of course performance benchmarks.
Oversee quality of instruction and course content.
Oversee assessment and competency evaluations across the dental curriculum.
Monitor student progress, retention, and completion of the dental education program.
Monitor student performance on state/national licensing exams for quality outcomes.
Ensure high-quality teaching that is integrated, innovative, evidence-based, and compliant with CODA accreditation standards and UNE CDM competency statements.
In collaboration with the Department Chairs, ensure curriculum content is complete, current, properly sequenced, delivered in a fashion that supports student success, and incorporates emerging technologies.
Work collaboratively with Department Chairs, course directors, and committees to review or develop learning objectives.
Continually evaluate student learning trends in didactic, simulation and clinical environments and provide/arrange for faculty development.
In collaboration with the Dean, Associate/Assistant Deans, and other appropriate individuals, develop and implement new strategic directions for the College.
Supervise Office of Academic Affairs staff.

Qualifications
EDUCATION: DDS, DMD, PhD, or equivalent.

EXPERIENCE: Demonstrated experience in academic affairs. Experience as a department chair. Successfully held leadership positions in dental education. Demonstrated scholarship in education. Experience preparing accreditation self-study documentation and participating in accreditation site visits.

LICENSES: Active dental or dental hygiene license in Tennessee.

For benefits information, please visit

https://www.uthsc.edu/hr/benefits/documents/benefits-preview-packet.pdf

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT's doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state's largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.

Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.

Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley's Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

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