Associate Dean of Students for Individual Behavior and Development

Student & Campus Life (SCL) inspires transformation in all Cornell students on their journey of individual, academic and personal evolution. Our division is comprised of leading student affairs experts who support our campus on pressing student life matters including public service, health, wellbeing, connection and belonging, residential living, food services, sports, recreation, career services, and student activities and organizations including sorority and fraternity life. We provide support and services to roughly 25,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on multiple campuses in the U.S. and abroad.

The Office of the Dean of Students (DOS) cultivates the holistic growth and development of students through advocacy, empowerment, and education. We enhance the student experience by offering comprehensive support and resources, providing co-curricular opportunities, and fostering a sense of belonging.

The Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards (OSCCS) supports the holistic development of the student experience by educating students about behavioral expectations and enforcing the Student Code of Conduct (Code) through a fair and educational process that fosters campus safety, accountability, and personal/organizational development.

The Associate Dean of Students for Individual Behavior and Development reports to the Senior Associate Dean of Students and Director of OSCCS and serves as a member of the office's leadership team with supervisory and program lead responsibilities. The Associate Dean supports the collaborative development, management, and evaluation of the university's student conduct system and cases arising out of the Code on a campus of 24,000 students and over 1,000 student organizations, including a robust Greek life presence. This position leads all aspects of the conduct process related to individual students, including case management and resolution options (investigation and adjudication, alternative dispute resolution, including restorative practices), and partners with the Associate Dean for Group Behavior and Development in all aspects of the conduct process related to student organizations. In this work, the Associate Dean utilizes an educational and restorative approach in managing and resolving student conduct concerns. The Associate Dean also leads collateral areas of OSCCS, including departmental assessment, the development of all educational, alternative, and restorative resolution options, and departmental communications.

This position also serves as an extension of the Dean of Students and serves as a liaison to campus partners in response to DOS or campus priorities. In this extension role, the Associate Dean will represent the Office of the Dean of Students on committees, working groups, and special projects at the divisional and institutional level, responding to campus-wide initiatives and issues as directed, including crisis response and expressive activity management (encampments, protests, rallies, controversial speakers, labor disruptions, etc.). Additionally, the Associate Dean will engage students and cross-functional initiatives to promote student engagement, wellbeing, inclusion, and sense of belonging for all students and serve as a rotating Administrator On-Call for urgent and emergent student issues providing after-hours crisis response, management and support, and appropriate follow-up in coordination with other university resources.