Kurt Dirks, a first-generation college student whose scholarly pursuits have focused on trust and values-based leadership, has joined the University of Utah’s School of Business as its dean.
Dirks, the former Bank of American Professor of Leadership at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, succeeds Dean Rachel Hayes, appointed in 2021.
In addition to teaching at the private, nonprofit Washington University, Dirks served in multiple senior leadership roles including stints as acting provost, senior adviser to the chancellor for leadership, vice chancellor of international affairs and at the business school as senior associate dean and interim dean…