Meet the Dean
Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty is a highly accomplished executive and international research scholar, spanning 25 years in higher education, social work, academic affairs, and leadership roles. She has been involved in constructing policy action statements, optimizing standard operating procedures, cultivating visions for long-term institutional change, emphasizing shared ownership of change, embedding performance evaluations around expected change, and creating articulated policy practices.
Gentle-Genitty grew up in Belize as the eldest of five children whose parents operated a food cart and canteen and valued service and education. She paid for her associate degree through work study, earned a full scholarship to cover the cost of her bachelor鈥檚 degree, and paid for her master鈥檚 degree through a promissory loan.聽
Gentle-Genitty moved to Indianapolis in 2004 after earning an undergraduate and master鈥檚 degree in Social Work from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky, and spending nearly five years leading the YMCA of Belize. After earning her doctoral degree in Social Work from Indiana University (IU), she went on to lead the University鈥檚 Bachelor of Social Work program on the Indianapolis campus before moving into system-wide leadership roles, including developing online education programs, overseeing academic policy and programs, and improving transfer policies.
During her time working to streamline the transfer process, IU grew its first-generation transfer students by 5 percent and adult learners by 23 percent. In her most recent role leading university academic policy, the office vetted, approved, and supported the implementation of 1,200 credentials and 30 new-to-the-state degrees.
Gentle-Genitty is an alumna of , a national development program for women in higher education, and , a prestigious IU leadership training program. She also recently completed a yearlong leadership fellowship with the , where she was embedded at the University of Southern New Hampshire and University of Colorado Denver to prepare for campus leadership.
Gentle-Genitty joined 黑料社 as the inaugural Dean of Founder鈥檚 College on June 3, 2024.