Search for VP and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:56:20 -0500

Dear members of the campus community,

I am writing to inform you that we have begun a national search for the UMBC’s permanent Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs (UAA) in order to identify a worthy successor who can build upon Dean Lee’s legacy and decades of service to our community.

Dr. Scott Casper, Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Professor of History, has kindly agreed to chair the search committee. Under Dean Casper’s leadership, I have appointed a search committee and the names of the members of the committee are listed below. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to each of the committee members for both their willingness to serve and their commitment in agreeing to take on this critical institutional responsibility.

In the coming weeks the committee will reach out to the University to receive input on the desired personal and professional characteristics of our new Vice Provost and Dean in order to develop the criteria that will guide the search and selection process. The committee will also share with our community the progress of the search over the coming months. I know that all of us will do what we can to support the committee in their execution of this important task.

SEARCH COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Tamara Bhalla, Associate Professor, American Studies

Stephen Bradley, Associate Professor, Visual Arts

Mariajose Castellanos, Senior Lecturer, Chemical, Biochemical & Environmental Engineering

David Eisenmann, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Keith Harmon, Director, Meyerhoff Scholars Program

Linda Hodges, Director, Faculty Development Center

Antonio Moreira, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Jess Myers, Director, Women’s Center

Jill Randles, Assistant Vice Provost and Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Academic Affairs

Rouben Rostamian, Professor and Chair, Mathematics and Statistics

Mavis Sanders, Professor, Education

Nancy Young, Vice President for Student Affairs

Thank you for your support during this important process.

Provost Philip Rous and Dean Scott Casper