Occidental College, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College

We are pleased to announce the completion of our search for the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College at Occidental College. From a strong pool of candidates, President Tom Stritikus chose Angie Bos to fill this important position.

Currently serving as dean and professor in the School of Public Service at Boise State University, Bos has led collaborative efforts to strengthen academic programs, student success, and institutional effectiveness. These initiatives included: solidifying experiential and career learning, creating an affordable semester-long internship program in Washington, D.C., and launching an integrated academic resource center supporting advising and career exploration.

Bos previously served as professor and department chair of political science and associate dean for experiential learning at the College of Wooster, where she built an international reputation as a scholar. Her research examines the challenges women face when seeking leadership roles in politics and has appeared in leading journals including American Political Science Review, Political Behavior, and Public Opinion Quarterly. Frequently co-authoring with undergraduate students, she also co-founded an interdisciplinary Gender and Political Psychology network, which today has more than 150 members.

Bos earned her Ph.D. and master's in political science from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities and her B.A. from the University of Minnesota-Morris.

Lindsay Gold led this search with Evan Layne and Julia Hochner.