Revised April 18th, 2024

On April 2, 2024, UT Austin issued termination notices to 62 professional staff who once did Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work but pivoted before Jan. 1, 2024, to comply with SB 17. [Ref]  UT Austin refuses to provide the number of employees fired. [Ref]

The 62 professional staff who received termination notices on April 2, 2024, have reported their job titles and departments/units below.  Of the 62 professional staff, 12 also report holding non-tenure-track faculty titles, with 8 holding the title of Lecturer and 4 holding the title of Assistant Professor of Practice.

After the listing of the terminated staff positions is a listing of the 15 Associate Dean positions that were terminated across 15 colleges. Those positions will be eliminated May 31, 2024. [Ref] One of the Associate Deans held a non-tenure-track faculty position and received a termination notice for the faculty position.  The other 14 Associate Deans are tenured faculty members and retained their tenured faculty position after the demotion.

For more information, please see “Mass Firings of UT Austin Staff, Faculty, and Administrators“.

Administrative Support Manager	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Senior Videographer and Photographer	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Assistant Vice President for School Partnerships	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Desktop Support Specialist	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Broadening Participation Research Program Manager and Lecturer	Cockrell School of Engineering Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations
Director of BBA Student Experience, and Lecturer	Red McCombs School of Business Department of Marketing
Director Assistant Professor of Practice	Dell Med Department of Medical Education School of Social Work
Executive Director, Office of Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Administrative Associate	Cockrell School of Engineering
Outreach and Social Media Specialist	Vice President for Student Affairs
Director of Assessment and Lecturer	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Executive Director	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Executive Director IT	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Art Director	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Student Program Coordinator	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Senior Outreach Program Coordinator and Lecturer	Division of Campus and Community Engagement Center for Women’s and Gender Studies
Restorative Engagement Facilitator	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Systems Administrator IUniversity Professional (Part-Time)	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community EngagementUniversity Risk and Compliance Services
Student Engagement Coordinator	Office of the Dean of Students
Director and Lecturer	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Senior Administrative Associate	Vice President for Student Affairs
Director of Academic Projects and Lecturer	Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Executive Assistant	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Executive Director	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Director of Leadership and Dialogue	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Administrative Associate	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Assistant to the Deputy	Vice President for Student Affairs
Assistant Professor of Instruction	Kinesiology and Health Education
Director of Talent Development and Learning Strategy	Financial and Administrative Services Business Services
Director	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Student Program Coordinator	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Associate Vice President	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Senior Student Program Coordinator	Cockrell School of Engineering
Senior Outreach Program Coordinator	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Executive Director of Finance and Chief Business Officer	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Director Fearless Leadership InstituteLecturer	Division of Campus and Community EngagementHumanities Program
Assistant Vice-President, Center for Leadership and Learning and Lecturer	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement Department of Management
Vice President for Division of Campus and Community Engagement, and Assistant Professor of Practice	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Academic Program Manager	Dell Med Department of Medical Education
College to Career Program Coordinator	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Events Program Coordinator	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Office Liaison/Operations Manager	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Senior Outreach Program Coordinator	Cockrell School of Engineering
Living the Longhorn Life Coordinator	Office of the Dean of Students
Director of Educational Partnerships	Red McCombs School of Business
Student Development Specialist Global Initiatives and Programs	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Human Resource Coordinator	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Webmaster	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Senior Administrative Associate	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Program Manager, Advanced Degree Career Identity and Global Impact	Texas Career Engagement Career Services
Director Restorative Justice	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Assistant Vice-President, and Assistant Professor of Practice	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Assistant Director, Communications	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement
Assistant to the Vice-President	Vice President for Student Affairs
Student Engagement Coordinator	???
Senior Administrative Program Coordinator	Division of Campus and Community Engagement
Living the Longhorn Life Coordinator	Office of the Dean of Students
Senior Administrative Program Coordinator	Office of the Dean of Students
University Professional (Part-Time) and Editor UTES	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement University Charter School
Director of Strategic and Executive Communications	Office of the Dean of Students
Living the Longhorn Life Coordinator	Office of the Dean of Students
Senior Administrative Associate	Office of the Vice President for Campus and Community Engagement

At a university, a Dean runs a College or School, e.g. the College of Communication or the School of Nursing.  An Associate Dean runs specific aspects of the college or school. 

Associate Dean positions that were terminated effective May 31, 2024, include the following.  Please note that the terminated Associate Dean position in the School of Undergraduate Studies had been unfilled when the position was terminated. The prsonn who is in the terminated Associate Dean position for Dell Medical School is also an Assistant Professor of Practice in Educational Psychology, which is a non-tenure track faculty position, and that position was terminated.  For the other terminated Associate Dean positions, the holder was a tenured faculty member. They received a demotion from the Associate Dean position and an accompanying loss in pay and benefits, but retained their tenured faculty positions.

Cockrell School of Engineering

College of Education

College of Fine Arts

Dell Medical School

Jackson School of Geosciences

Law School

LBJ School of Public Affairs

McCombs School of Business

Moody College of Communication

Pharmacy

School of Architecture

School of Information

School of Nursing

School of Undergraduate Studies

Steve Hicks School of Social Work