Faculty and Staff
Jim Dean
Jim Dean is associate dean of Executive Education, a management professor and a Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Scholar. Leadership, organizational change, strategic decision making, international management and organizational performance improvement are the focus of his research, teaching and consulting.
Dr. Dean has participated in research, teaching and/or consulting projects with many companies, including ALCOA, Boeing, DuPont, ExxonMobil, GE, Honeywell, Kaiser Permanente and St. Laurie Ltd.He served as program director of the National Science Foundation research program, Transformations to Quality Organizations, which was jointly sponsored by the government and the private sector. He served as an examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for six years.
He earned his PhD and MS from Carnegie Mellon University and his BA from The Catholic University.