Meet the Dean
Sean Hansen, Ph.D.
John M. Boler Endowed Dean, Boler College of Business
Sean Hansen leads the Boler College of Business with a focus on collaboration, innovation, and preparing students to make informed, ethical decisions in a rapidly changing business world.
College Leadership
About Sean Hansen
Sean Hansen joined John Carroll University as the John M. Boler Endowed Dean of the Boler College of Business in 2025. He brings experience spanning management information systems, analytics, technology, academic leadership, and business education.
Before joining JCU, Hansen was a professor of management information systems at Rochester Institute of Technology, where he chaired the Department of Management Information Systems, Marketing, and Analytics. He began his career in management and technology consulting before earning his MBA and Ph.D. in Management from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
At John Carroll, Hansen’s leadership emphasizes listening, collaboration, and thoughtful innovation. His approach supports new connections between business and fields such as health care, the sciences, nonprofit leadership, and the arts, helping students pair specialized knowledge with the financial, managerial, and strategic skills organizations need.
What Defines a Boler Business Education
A Boler education combines rigorous business knowledge with the ethical foundation, practical experience, and broad perspective students need to lead with confidence. Students learn to analyze complex challenges, work across disciplines, and create value for organizations and communities.
Ethical Leadership
Students examine the human impact of business decisions and develop the judgment to lead with integrity, responsibility, and respect for others.
Learning Through Experience
Applied projects, internships, research, and engagement with business leaders help students connect classroom learning to real organizational challenges.
Business for a Changing World
Students build analytical, strategic, and collaborative skills that prepare them to adapt, innovate, and contribute across industries and professions.
