UNC Kenan-Flagler Announces New Dean
The University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School has named Douglas A. Shackelford, Meade H. Willis Distinguished Professor of Taxation and associate dean of the MBA@UNC Program, as its next dean.
Shackelford succeeds James W. Dean Jr., who served as dean from 2008 until he became provost July 1, 2013. John P. Evans has been serving as interim dean since then.
UNC Chancellor Carol Folt and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Dean selected Shackelford after an international search and the work of a search committee led by Susan King, dean of the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
“I had the opportunity to meet with the very talented candidates for this important role at UNC,” Folt says. “Ultimately, Doug became the clear choice to lead UNC Kenan-Flagler and ensure its continued success.”
Folt and Dean will recommend Shackelford as the next dean to the UNC Board of Trustees at their meeting this week, with an effective date of Feb. 1, 2014.
“Doug is uniquely qualified to serve as the next dean of UNC Kenan-Flagler,” Dean says. “He is a seasoned academic leader and an internationally recognized scholar and business educator. He loves the University and is a passionately engaged member of the UNC Kenan-Flagler community.”
A UNC alumnus and North Carolina native, Shackelford has served on the UNC faculty since 1990. He is an award-winning researcher and teacher whose work focuses on taxes and business strategy.
“There is no greater honor than to guide this great business school, where faculty, staff and alumni care deeply about our preparing our students – the next generation of leaders – and serving our alumni and other members of the business community through our research and outreach,” says Shackelford.
Shackelford has served as associate dean of MBA@UNC, the innovative online MBA program, since 2010. He was senior associate dean for academic affairs from 2003-2007, and associate dean of the Master of Accounting (MAC) Program from 1998-2002. He is also director of the UNC Tax Center, which he founded in 2001.
“When I made the journey from rural North Carolina to Chapel Hill to attend college, I knew I was on the road to a better life, but I couldn’t know then how truly powerful education can be,” Shackelford says. “My Carolina education transformed my life, and I’m deeply committed to making sure that students in North Carolina and around the world receive the same kind of benefit so they can build better lives and contribute to their organizations and their communities.”
