Who Does What

Administrative Shared Services Team

The Administrative Shared Services Team is part of Strategic Operations within the Dean’s Office of the IU School of Liberal Arts. Team members provide cross-functional support to faculty in many ways, including assistance with obtaining teaching and office supplies; document copying/printing/scanning; meeting room requests; parking validation; key codes/door unlock services; event planning and project support; course evaluations processes; Canvas administration; and making connections to other campus services such as Campus Facilities Services, Parking Services, Campus Center, and University Information Technology Services (UITS). This team also provides academic course scheduling and course permission support.

Send your requests to teamadmn@iu.edu.

Graduate Program Team

The Graduate Program Team is part of Strategic Operations within the Dean’s Office of the IU School of Liberal Arts. This team works cross-functionally with department chairs and graduate directors to ensure admission and registration of all approved graduate students, schedule orientation, support graduate student hiring, and provide other types of student support as needed. This team also helps facilitate graduate recruitment, profession, and retention processes.

Send your requests to teamgrad@iu.edu

Data Team

The Data Team includes staff from the Offices of Alumni and Development, Finance and Administration, and Student Affairs within the IU School of Liberal Arts. Team members have data and report specialties based on their functional areas. They provide decision support beyond users’ initial report capabilities in systems including but not limited to AM360 in One.IU, IRDS Data Link, or SEM360: Point-in-Cycle.

Send your request for data to the report specialty contact.

Associate Dean for Academic Programs

The Associate Dean for Academic Programs (ADAP) is responsible for all aspects of undergraduate and graduate curriculum, including course and program changes and development; general education, major, School and IU Indianapolis curriculum requirements; course scheduling and enrollments; course, program, and department assessment of curriculum and instruction; as well as graduate program and student oversight and support (e.g., block grants, internships, research assistantships). In addition, the ADAP provides school leadership regarding the development of new majors, certificates, and programs.

Office of Alumni and Development

The Office of Alumni and Development is responsible for the administration of School fundraising efforts, including annual, major, planned, and principal gifts. This office also manages donor and alumni engagement, volunteer groups, and stewardship. The staff are the key liaisons for the School of Liberal Arts to the IU Foundation and the IU Alumni Association.

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

The Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (ADFA) is responsible for all aspects of faculty hiring, development, review, leaves, and awards/recognition. In addition, the ADFA provides support to department chairs and program directors in their roles as unit heads.

Office of Finance and Administration

The Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration leads the Office of Finance and Administration. This office is responsible for Budgeting, Strategic Financial Analysis and Financial Management, Payroll, Human Resources Administration, and Operations. The Office of Finance and Administration also provides support in the training and supervision of department and program staff.

Marketing and Communications

Marketing and Communications sets the strategy regarding building, promoting, and protecting the IU School of Liberal Arts brand and manages its communications across a wide variety of audiences. Team members liaise across the School of Liberal Arts to provide marketing and communications support as appropriate to departments, programs, centers, and offices. Marketing and Communications team members are also the primary liaisons for the School of Liberal Arts with their counterparts in IU Indianapolis University Communications and Marketing, IU University Communications and Marketing, and IU Research.

Associate Dean for Research

The Associate Dean for Research (ADR) leads the team responsible for communicating with faculty about opportunities for funding to support research and creative activity; helping faculty prepare, submit, and manage grants and contracts for all external and some internal grant programs; reporting and analyzing research funding trends within the school; working with the IU School of Liberal Arts Faculty Affairs and Research Committee to review and revise research-related policies; administering the SLA Summer Research and Creative Activity Grant program; and reviewing sabbatical applications from tenured/tenure-track faculty.

Office of Student Affairs

The Associate Dean for Student Affairs (ADSA) leads the Miriam Z. Langsam Office of Student Affairs in the IU School of Liberal Arts. Responsibilities for this office involve all aspects of student services, including recruitment, orientation, academic advising, career development, retention and co-curricular activities, student advocacy, and degree conferral. In addition, the ADSA manages cases of academic misconduct and provides support to faculty in such cases.

Undergraduate Academic Advising

Career Development

Recruitment, Retention, and Scholarships

Student Records and Information

Technical Services

Send support requests to techserv@iu.edu

Technical Services team members are UITS staff embedded within the IU School of Liberal Arts to provide leadership and support related to computing resources, infrastructure support for storage of personal, group, and research data, and support of special School-owned technology facilities. The Technical Services team also provides liaison services with other campus agencies regarding technology support and using new and emerging technology in teaching and learning.