Third School of Business dean candidate to present April 8
LAWRENCE — Cheryl Druehl will be the third dean candidate to give a public presentation on her vision for the University of Kansas School of Business.
Druehl’s presentation is scheduled for 4-5 p.m. April 8 in The Colloquium in Room 1010 of Capitol Federal Hall. The event will also be livestreamed, and the passcode is 800688.
Druehl is the senior associate dean for faculty affairs and research and a professor within the information systems and operations management area at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
The fourth and final candidate will be announced approximately two business days before their campus visit. Their presentation will take place 4-5 p.m. April 10 in Room 1020 of Capitol Federal Hall.
Members of the KU community are encouraged to attend each presentation and provide feedback to the search committee. Presentation recordings and online feedback forms will remain available on the search page through April 15.
Further search information, including Druehl’s CV, can be found on the search page.
As senior associate dean for faculty affairs and research at the Costello College of Business, Druehl sees to the success of faculty, including leading college strategic planning, promoting excellence in research and teaching, and overseeing school-level faculty awards and professional development programs. She also collaborates on recruitment, retention, evaluation, and promotion and tenure initiatives while advocating for faculty and research needs.
In addition, Druehl teaches operations management, supply chain management, and management of technology and innovation processes.
Druehl’s research centers on product development, innovation contests and supply chain management. She has published research in journals including the Productions and Operations Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management and Decision Sciences Journal.
Druehl serves as department editor for the Innovation and Project Management department at the Journal of Operations Management. She is an associate editor for Decision Sciences Journal and is on the editorial review board of Productions and Operations Management Journal and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. She previously served on the boards of the Production and Operations Management Society’s College of Product Innovation and Technology Management and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences’ Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Section.
Druehl earned a doctorate in business administration and master’s in business research from Stanford University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles.
The School of Business Dean search committee includes representatives from faculty, staff, students and alumni and is being led by Ann Brill, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications, and Jason Hornberger, vice provost of finance.