Indiana University will launch an internal search for the next dean of the Kelley School of Business. The new dean will succeed Ash Soni, who is serving a two-year appointment.
The search will begin in December and, as recommended by the Kelley Faculty Advisory Committee, be open to current tenured, full-professor faculty at the Kelley School in Bloomington and Indianapolis. Kelley School faculty will be able to nominate themselves or their peers for the role.
John D. Ciorciari, dean and professor at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, will chair the search committee, which will include faculty at both campuses, along with staff and student representatives and a member of the Kelley Dean’s Council.
Since April 2023, Dean Soni has led the school in collaboration with Patrick E. Hopkins and Julie Manning Magid, who were appointed as vice deans for the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses, respectively. He will return to the faculty after a yearlong sabbatical.
With more than 133,000 living alumni and a total enrollment of nearly more than 15,000 students and 329 faculty members at IU Bloomington, IU Indianapolis and online, the Kelley School is among the premier business schools in the country.
The school is frequently ranked among the top programs in the U.S. and globally. Its Kelley Direct online MBA program is consistently ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report, Poets & Quants and the Princeton Review.
Kelley’s full-time MBA program also has been consistently ranked nationally, including as a top 20 U.S. program, according to U.S. News and QS Top MBA. U.S. News also rates Kelley undergraduate programs among the best, ranking it ninth overall.
