I.A. O’Shaughnessy Dean University of Notre Dame, College of Arts and Letters | Notre Dame, Indiana The University of Notre Dame has named Kenneth (Ken) Scheve to be the next I.A. O’Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts and Letters. He will assume his role on July 1.Ken Scheve is the Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs and the dean of social science at Yale University. An elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he studies the domestic and international governance of modern capitalism. His research examines inequality and redistribution, the politics of globalization, the social and political consequences of long-run economic change, and climate politics. In his current role as dean of social sciences, Dr. Scheve serves on the leadership team for the dean of Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, oversees the seven departments in the Division of Social Sciences, and works with the dean of humanities to steward cross-divisional programs such as the Department of African American Studies. Dr. Scheve holds a PhD in Political Science from Harvard University and a BA in Economics from the University of Notre Dame. He began his faculty career as an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Yale. He has also held faculty positions at the University of Michigan and Stanford University, where he served in a number of leadership roles, including director of The Europe Center. He returned to Yale in 2020, where he served as deputy director for academic affairs at the Jackson Institute (now the Jackson School) for Global Affairs, leading faculty recruitment and curricula development for a new Master in Public Policy in Global Affairs degree. His scholarly awards include the International Political Economy Society’s David A. Lake Award, the American Political Science Association (APSA) Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award, the Michael Wallerstein Award from the APSA’s Political Economy Section, the Robert O. Keohane Award from the journal International Organization, and the International Studies Association’s Society for Women in International Political Economy Mentor Award.Anita Tien led this search with Jonathan Sanchez, supported by Christina Errico.
