Community Input SurveyUCLA Search for Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences

During fall quarter 2026, EVC/Provost Darnell Hunt will initiate a search for the next Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences at UCLA. In preparation, we welcome your input regarding critical priorities for the next dean, ideal candidate profiles, and prospective candidates. Responses are confidential; the results of this survey will only be shared with search staff and search committee members. Note that you are not required to provide your name or any identifying information to complete the survey.

If you would like to share any additional comments and/or to recommend candidates for this position, please email our confidential search address PhysicalSciDeanSearch@conet.ucla.edu or contact Traci Considine, manager of executive recruitment, at traci.considine@ucla.edu. (Though not required, feel free to include contact information and brief commentary on nominations.)

To inform and guide this important search effort, we invite your input on any or all of the following:

1.What are the critical priorities (issues, challenges, and opportunities) for the next dean? What would you like to see the dean/the division accomplish in the next five to 10 years?

2.What do you think are the essential qualities and qualifications of an ideal candidate? (What kinds of experience, and what leadership qualities do you feel helpful or essential?)

3.What makes UCLA Physical Sciences and/or UCLA special, unique and/or distinctive? (In other words, how might we present the role, the division and/or UCLA to candidates?)

4.Additional Comments: What else do you feel important for the committee and search staff to know?

If you would like to recommend candidates for this position, please email our confidential search address PhysicalSciDeanSearch@conet.ucla.edu and/or contact Traci Considine, manager of executive recruitment, at traci.considine@ucla.edu. (Though not required, feel free to include contact information and brief commentary on nominations.)

Thank you for your input.