ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR STEM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Summary

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Duties

• Major Duties of the Position: The Associate Dean for STEM and Artificial Intelligence provides academic leadership and portfolio administration for the STEM and Artificial Intelligence academic portfolio, establishing priorities, translating senior-leader direction and emerging scientific and technological developments into executable academic objectives, and overseeing academic programs, curriculum, governance, assessment, laboratories and technical-learning environments, faculty utilization, resources, and continuous improvement. Ensures the portfolio provides coherent, integrated technical general education rather than disconnected introductory specialist courses. Supervises and develops faculty and staff including civilian and military personnel and subordinate leaders as assigned. Plans and assigns work; establishes performance expectations; evaluates performance; supports recruitment and staffing; identifies training and developmental needs; addresses employee concerns; and promotes organizational effectiveness, accountability, and a professional workplace. Oversees curriculum integration, academic quality, assessment, and cadet technical development across the STEM and Artificial Intelligence portfolio. Guides curriculum development, laboratories and hands-on learning, academic standards, assessment, and program improvement, with emphasis on scientific, quantitative, computational, systems, engineering, data, and technical judgment. Ensures cadets develop the ability to reason from evidence, model and test solutions, evaluate uncertainty and tradeoffs, and address complex technical and national-security problems. Provides leadership for the responsible integration of artificial intelligence as a longitudinal capability within USAFA's technical general-education curriculum. Ensures AI-enabled tools enhance rather than replace first-principles scientific, mathematical, computational, and engineering reasoning and that cadets develop appropriate understanding of validation, limitations, reliability, bias, human oversight, and responsibility for AI-informed decisions. Provides strategic integration, faculty development, and institutional engagement by developing faculty and technical-educator capability, encouraging scholarship and educational innovation, advising senior leaders on emerging scientific and technological developments, and representing the portfolio with USAFA, Department of the Air Force, other service academies, universities, laboratories, government organizations, industry, and professional communities. May teach, mentor, advise, conduct scholarship or research, or engage in engineering or other technical activities when assigned and appropriately qualified; however, these activities support rather than replace the position's primary academic-administrative and supervisory responsibilities. The Associate Dean for STEM/AI is not expected to be an expert in every discipline or technology represented in the portfolio. The position instead requires an academic leader capable of working among scientists, engineers, computing and AI specialists, and practitioners; asking good questions; identifying connections; protecting first-principles understanding; accelerating responsible adoption of emerging tools; and turning broad educational goals into a coherent and executable technical general-education program.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Doctoral degree Applicants must be current USAFA faculty members and hold the academic rank of either associate professor (AD-1701-23) or Professor (AD-1701-24). USAFA faculty currently serving in an AD-1720-25 academic administration role with the requisite academic credentials are also eligible to apply. ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, and related fields. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: We are particularly interested in senior faculty who bring: a strong record as a USAFA educator; sustained superior performance in teaching, scholarship, and institutional service; experience leading faculty, programs, courses, departments, or significant academic initiatives; a record of teaching, scholarship, or professional activity in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computing, artificial intelligence, or related fields that demonstrates interdisciplinary and/or integrated engagement; and a commitment to building rigorous, formative, integrated technical general education, with experience in hands-on or design-build-test education and demonstrated engagement with contemporary AI-enabled engineering or scientific practice; multidisciplinary professional experience in industry, government, national laboratories, military technical organizations, or comparable settings is highly valued. This position offers an unusual opportunity to help shape the intellectual architecture, faculty culture, and educational experience of a new School during its formative years. Inquiries about the position should be directed to the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Mark Jensen, email: [email protected]. Please do not email documents or completed applications to this address as they will not be considered.

Education

EDUCATION: If selected, you will be requested to provide original copies of ALL OFFICIAL transcripts for degrees being pursued or obtained (or letter of degree completion if an OFFICIAL transcript is not available due to recent graduation) to support your educational claims as stated in your curriculum vitae. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a transcript to be considered OFFICIAL, it should be printed on university letterhead and the registrar's official seal/signature must appear on the transcript. Your transcripts must also reflect the degree awarded/conferred date. Transcripts labeled UNOFFICIAL will not be accepted. Upon request, ensure you include ALL transcripts to support your educational claims as stated in your curriculum vitae (resume) even if not required for this position. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the educational requirements. However, you must show proof that the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying in the form of an "official" statement of U.S. equivalency from a Department of Education approved (non-federal) agency (i.e. AICE, NACES), who will complete a U.S. Standard of Education Conversion.

How to apply

The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the date the announcement closes, 09/15/2026. To begin the application process, click the Blue Apply Button at the top of the page to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the application questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Application button at the end of the process. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Your Resume/Curriculum Vitae If you submit more than one Resume/Curriculum Vitae, only the most recent (latest) will be reviewed to determine your qualifications. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the latest timestamp. For qualification determination your Resume/Curriculum Vitae must contain hours worked per week and dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your Resume/Curriculum Vitae does not contain this information, your application may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive consideration for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e. GS-0301-09. Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance related rating (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your Resume/Curriculum Vitae. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume. 2. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name. 3. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional information may be located here. PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date *All close dates are 11:59 PM Eastern Time*. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources WILL NOT modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant.