Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that we are beginning our national search for the next Provost and Executive Vice President of Â鶹ÊÓƵ. I have asked the President of the Faculty Senate, Professor Solon Simmons, and Professor and Assistant Provost Melissa Broeckelman-Post to chair the search committee, and after careful consideration, we are pleased to introduce the members of the search committee:
- Solon Simmons, co-chair: Faculty Senate President; Director, The Narrative Transformation Lab; Professor, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
- , co-chair: Professor of Communication, Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs
- : Visitor and Secretary, GMU Board of Visitors; Faculty Senate Liaison and Chair of the Academic Affairs
- Sharnnia Artis: Vice President for Access, Compliance, and Community
- : Professor and Director of Choral Activities, Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music
- : Advancement & Alumni Relations, GMU Foundation
- : Professor, School of Kinesiology
- Rick Davis: Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts; Executive Director, Hylton Performing Arts Center; Professor of Theater
- : Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Development
- : Instructional Associate Professor, Donald G. Costello College of Business; Assistant Chair, Business Foundations
- : Senior Associate Dean; Antonin Scalia Law School
- : Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- : Distinguished University Professor and Director, Evidence-Based Crime Policy; Criminology, Law and Society
- : President of the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA), Ph.D. student and Graduate Research Assistant in Linguistics
- Rose Pascarell: Vice President, University Life
- : Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology
- : Director of Undergraduate Studies and Senior Instructor, Mathematical Sciences
- : Distinguished University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government; Co-director of the Center for Human-AI Innovation in Society
- : Staff Senate President; Academic Manager, International Enrollment Partnerships, Global Education Office
- Dan Stephens: Interim Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Undergraduate Student Body President (TBA)
In selecting the members of the search committee, we wanted to ensure that we represented as many constituents as possible while keeping our committee manageable in size.
To give you a sense of the timeline, we anticipate that we will select a search firm and post a position description early next semester. We expect to do interviews in April and May, including presentations that will be open to the faculty, and if all goes well, our new Provost will begin work on July 1.
The Provost has a central role in shaping any institution, and I am confident that we will select a chief academic officer who will help us build a bright future together.
Sincerely,
Gregory Washington
President