The University of Colorado Boulder will have a new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences next month.
CU Boulder officials on Thursday announced that Provost Russell Moore appointed Glen Krutz, dean of the Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences, to replace longtime CU Boulder faculty member and interim Dean Jim White starting July 6. White, who will remain at CU Boulder until June 30, has accepted the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
“Glen (Krutz) is an experienced dean and a highly regarded scholar,” Moore stated in a news release from CU Boulder. “I am excited to welcome him to the CU Boulder community and to arts and sciences as we look to a bright future for our largest college on campus.”
The dean of the College of Arts and Sciences is the primary administrative position within the college and reports directly to the provost, according to a news release from CU Boulder.
Krutz was among three finalists for the dean position. The other two candidates were Peter Arnade, dean of the College of Arts, Languages and Letters and professor of history at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and Marie Mora, associate vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and professor of economics at the University of Missouri — st. Louis.
In addition to Krutz’s role as dean at Oklahoma State University, he also the college’s Puterbaugh Foundation Chair and is a professor holds in the Department of Political Science, the release said.
In April, Krutz was one of three finalists selected for the provost position at Wichita State University.
The position at CU Boulder appealed to Krutz because of the focus the campus has placed on diversity, equity and inclusion, he said.
“It’s been a passion of mine for a long time, and I was really attracted to how much CU was working on this,” Krutz said.
At Oklahoma State University, Krutz said he helped implement “equity advocates.” The group is composed of faculty and staff members in the university’s College of Arts and Sciences. Krutz said the group is trained on a variety of aspects related to implicit bias, and after its training, the group then trains others at the university.
After George Floyd was murdered by police in Minnesota in 2020, Krutz said he helped the College of Arts and Sciences transform what was once an interdisciplinary program on African studies at the university into the Center for Africana Studies. In addition to this, he also advocated for the removal of former Gov. William Henry Davis Murray’s name from two of the campus’ buildings.
“(Murray) was racist,” Krutz said. “I looked into that upon my hiring and in 2020 — in the wake of the George Floyd murder — there was an unanimous decision to take his name off those two buildings.”
Krutz said he looks forward to helping the College of Arts and Sciences at CU Boulder as it restructures its departments, which will eventually result in the creation of four deans over each department within the college.
“There is a better chance with the reorganization for faculty and staff within individual departments to be able to have their specific topics and priorities communicated clearly to the divisional lead of their area,” Krutz said. “I have 37 people who are reporting to me (at Oklahoma State University). Some weeks, I am able to attend everything well and some weeks when it’s crunch time, I have to pick and choose and delegate to associate deans.”
Krutz has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a doctorate from Texas A&M University.
His scholarship explores political institutions and public policy, including questions of agenda-setting and institutional change, and he frequently contributes to cross-disciplinary environmental projects.
His books include “Hitching a Ride: Omnibus Legislating in the US Congress;” “Treaty Politics and the Rise of Executive Agreements: International Commitments in a System of Shared Powers;” and the open-source text American Government.
“At this time, I’d like to thank Sharon Matusik, dean of the Leeds School of Business and chair of the search committee, and all the members of the committee for their commitment and service throughout the search process,” Moore stated in the news release.
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