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Dr. Mark P. Becker was appointed Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of South Carolina on September 1, 2004. He is responsible for leading the formulation and implementation of academic policy, including coordinating the University's teaching, research, and public service programs; supervision of the allocation of resources in all academic and academic support areas; formulation and implementation of policy with respect to academic employment, promotion, tenure, and faculty development; and representation of the University before external bodies.
A key initiative overseen by Dr. Becker's office is the University's Faculty Excellence Initiative, a strategically focused faculty expansion program that will add more than 150 new tenured and tenure-track faculty lines in areas that will advance the institution as a recognized leader in education and research. This program complements the University's Centenary Professor program to increase the ranks of the research faculty, and the State-supported Centers of Economic Excellence endowed chairs program to stimulate an ambitious pace of hiring that has transformed the University of South Carolina to an institution that is categorized as "Very High Research," the highest designation, by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Dr. Becker received his BS in Mathematics (Magna Cum Laude) from Towson State University in Maryland and his PhD in Statistics from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Becker was formerly dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota and associate dean for academic affairs and professor of biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Dr. Becker was elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1999 and has been the principal investigator on research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. He has published extensively in leading journals, and his doctoral students have gone on to successful careers in leading higher education institutions and with multinational companies. Dr. Becker has served on a number of editorial boards, was co-editor of Sociological Methodology (2000, Blackwell Publishing), and has been a guest editor for Sociological Methods and Research and for the Journal of the American Statistical Association.
Dr. Becker has served on and chaired numerous committees for universities, professional associations, government agencies, and foundations.
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Provost Zeppos joined the Vanderbilt Law School faculty in 1987 after practicing law in Washington, D.C. His teaching and research interests are in administrative law, legislation, and government regulation. |
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Dr. Arnett C. Mace, Jr. was appointed Interim Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Georgia (UGA) on October 1, 2002. Following a national search, he was named to the permanent position on March 11, 2003. Dr. Mace served as Dean of the Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources from 1991-2002, and he was named Associate Director of the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station and Georgia Cooperative Extension Service on July 1, 1995. He served as Director of the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University Florida (1978-1991). He served as a faculty member and department head at the University of Minnesota (1967-1978).
Dr. Mace received a B.S.F. degree in forestry from West Virginia University in 1960. He later received a M.S. and Ph.D. degree in water resources from the University of Arizona . Professional activities have included numerous offices in the Society of American Foresters (SAF) and he was elected a Fellow in 1983; National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges (NAPFSC); and National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC). He has served as chairman of the SAF Accreditation Committee, National Program Committee, Educational Policy Committee, and Upper Mississippi Valley Section. Other offices held include National Research Chair and President of NAPFSC; member of the Executive Committee of the Division of Agriculture of NASULGC; and member of the Secretary of Agriculture's Joint Council on Food and Agriculture Programs.
Dr. Mace received the Horse T. Morse Award for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education from the University of Minnesota (1982). He was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus by West Virginia University (1992) and received the University of Arizona Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award (2005).
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Dr. Bob Smith was appointed
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas (UA) in 2000. He is responsible for academic affairs policy development and oversight of 10 colleges and schools, along with several other academic units (e.g., Air Force and Army ROTC, the Teaching and Faculty Support Center, and the offices of institutional research and summer session).
Prior to joining the UA, Bob served as Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Connecticut (UConn). In this position, Bob had responsibility for research oversight at Storrs and the regional campuses and graduate education across the UConn system, including biomedical graduate programs at the Health Center in Farmington.
Before assuming the post at UConn, Bob served for more than ten years as Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at Washington State University (WSU). Also at WSU, Bob served as Dean of the College of Pharmacy during 1985-86. Bob’s earlier academic and administrative appointments included serving as James E. Bauerle Professor (1983-85) and Director of the Drug Dynamics Institute (1978-85) at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). He also served in Professor (1977-83) and Associate Professor (1974-77) positions at UT Austin. He began his academic career at the University of Iowa where he was Associate and Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry (1968-74). Bob’s Ph.D. (1968) and master's (1964) degrees (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) were earned at the University of Michigan; his B.S. degree (Pharmaceutical Sciences) was awarded cum laude by St. John's University in New York (1963).
Bob is a native of New York. His research and scholarly interests have been in the pharmaceutical sciences, communication, professional development, and university administration. He is the author or co-author of over 280 published articles and eight books, including The Elements of Great Speechmaking: Adding Drama & Intrigue, published by the University Press of America in 2004, Pedestals, Parapets & Pits: The Joys, Challenges & Failures of Professional Life published by Phoenix International, Inc. in 2005, and Where You Stand is Where You Sit: An Academic Administrator’s Handbook published by the University of Arkansas Press in 2006. He also edits a quarterly on-line journal (All Things Academic, http://libinfo.uark.edu/ata/), which has been published since 2000 and is archived and managed by the UA Libraries.
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Janie Fouke, Ph. D., was appointed the provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs, as well as professor of Biomedical Engineering, for the University of Florida in 2005. After attending St. Andrews College for her undergraduate studies, Dr. Fouke earned both her master of science and doctorate in biomedical mathematics and engineering from the University of North Carolina. Prior to Dr. Fouke’s position at the University of Florida, she served as dean of the College of Engineering at Michigan State University from 1999 to 2005. She also served as the division director of bioengineering and environmental systems for the National Science Foundation from 1995 to 1999, an adjunct associate scientist for the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research from 1989 to 1995 and professor of biomedical engineering for Case Western Reserve University from 1981 to 1999. Dr. Fouke has been a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society since 1991, and has been awarded fellowships by several professional organizations including the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers in 1994 and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2002.
Dr. Fouke has received numerous honors, including being awarded the Dexter Prize in 2000—an award given annually by the Society for the History of Technology for her book, Engineering Tomorrow. She is also a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Award in 2000 and was inducted into the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences in 1995. In 2006, she was named to the Whiting School of Engineering National Advisory Council and also named to the Lund University Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Fouke was featured in Sybil E. Hatch’s 2006 book Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers.
While at the University of Florida, Dr. Fouke has worked towards reforming the university budget process so that it is more transparent. Towards that end, Dr. Fouke has appointed a budget allocation model committee charged with designing a model for metric-drive allocation of resources that is both fair and effective.
Recognizing the underutilized opportunities in alternative educational delivery methods, Dr. Fouke has created a Distance Education and eLearning Task Force to recommend a direction and strategy for effective use of resources in educational programs that use distance and eLearning delivery modes.
In an attempt to bring together more faculty on a large and diverse campus, Dr. Fouke has established a faculty dinner series that regularly convenes small groups of faculty for dinner and conversation. Faculty are provided a unique opportunity to connect with researchers and teachers from various disciplines and departments in a comfortable setting that fosters the exchange of information and establishment of collegial relationships.
Recognizing the significance of faculty who are members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academies, Dr. Fouke works to encourage and support travel by these faculty to their annual academy meetings. The long term goal of increasing the number of Academy members on campus begins with the dialog Dr. Fouke has established with the current Academy members. |
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Kumble R. Subbaswamy completed his B.S. and M.S. in India and came to IU Bloomington as a graduate student in 1971. He completed his Ph.D. in theoretical condensed matter physics in 1976. After a stint as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Irvine, he joined the physics faculty at the University of Kentucky in 1978.
His primary research area has been the optical properties of novel materials, and nonlinear excitations; he has published more than 60 research articles and co-authored a monograph. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1989.
At the University of Kentucky he served as Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences and as physics department chair before leaving in 1997 to join the University of Miami as the Dean of Arts and Sciences. He returned to Indiana University in July 2000 as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, where he oversaw the development of many new programs (in international studies, biotechnology) and a reinvestment in the life sciences. During this time, he was active in the Committee for Institutional Cooperation (Big 10), and a coordinator of the AAU Arts & Sciences Deans’ group.
In July 2006 he came back to the University of Kentucky as Provost, where he is engaged in translating its Top 20 Business Plan (drawn up in response to a legislative mandate) into reality. He begins a three-year term as a Board member of NACUBO in fall 2007.
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Astrid Merget - Lousiana State University
Dr. Astrid Merget assumed the post of Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost on August 1, 2007. Prior to her appointment at LSU, Dr. Merget's career included service in senior executive positions in academia and government. Most recently, she served as dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Prior to her Indiana post, she served at The Ohio State University as director of the School of Public Policy and Management and as associate dean and acting dean of the College of Business. She also served as associate dean at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and as chair of its Department of Public Administration. She previously chaired the Department of Public Administration at The George Washington University. Her senior executive positions in the federal government include senior adviser to the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and special assistant to the assistant secretary for policy development and research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, Merget has served as trustee, vice chair and chair of the board. She sat on the board of the Independent Sector as treasurer, vice chair and chair of its Committee on Leadership and Management. She has served as president of the National Association of Public Affairs and as a board member of the National Council for Science and the Environment. Merget has been appointed twice by U.S. Comptroller General, serving on his Research and Education Advisory Panel and the Educators' Panel. She co-chaired the Task Force on Outcomes at the United Way of America, is a founding member of the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors and has been a consultant to the International City/County Management Association and numerous other governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations. Merget graduated Magna Cum Laude from Mount Holyoke College and earned her master's degree and doctorate from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.
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Carolyn Ellis Staton was appointed as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at The University of Mississippi June 1, 1999. In 1977 she joined the faculty of the School of Law and in 1993-94 served as Interim Dean of the Law Center. In 1994 she became Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and in 1996 she became Associate Provost. She received a B.A. from Tulane University, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
Formerly, she was in private practice in New York and was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of New Jersey. She was also a Fulbright Fellow in Germany, teaching at the University of Frankfurt and the University of Munich. For eight years, Ms. Staton served as Reporter on Evidence for the Mississippi Supreme Court Advisory
Committee on Rules, drafting the evidence laws for the State of Mississippi. She is the author of books and articles on evidence, criminal procedure, and sex discrimination. She was the first recipient of the Outstanding Mississippi Woman Lawyer Award in 1995.
Ms. Staton served on the Secretary of Defense's Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) from 1993-96, and served as vice-chair from 1995-96. She currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the Naval Postgraduate School.
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Robert Charles Holub was born on August 22, 1949 in Neptune, New Jersey. He attended public schools in Belmar and Asbury Park before matriculating at the University of Pennsylvania in 1967. He originally planned to become a physician and graduated with a degree in Natural Science. However, his career plans changed in his senior year, and after working for a year at a pharmaceutical firm in Philadelphia, he began his studies in Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned two MAs (in Comparative Literature and German) and completed his studies with a PhD (in German) from Wisconsin in 1979.
Upon the receipt of his doctorate Holub was appointed as an assistant professor at the University of California at Berkeley, where he would be employed for 27 years. He moved through the ranks to associate professor (1984) and full professor (1989). From 1991-1997 he chaired the German Department, which was ranked the best in its field in 1995 by the National Research Council. From 2000-2003, he was appointed to the campus-wide academic personnel committee, chairing the committee in his last year of service. In 2003 he was named Dean of the Undergraduate Division of the College of Letters and Science. In this position he was responsible for the education of some 18,000 undergraduates on the Berkeley campus. During his three-year tenure he introduced significant reforms in general education, undergraduate advising, and educational policy.
As a scholar and teacher Holub specializes in nineteenth and twentieth-century German intellectual, cultural, and literary history. In twelve books and over 100 articles and essays he deals with issues ranging from periodization in the early nineteenth century and German realism to aesthetic theory and postwar confrontations with the Holocaust. He has written extensively on the German-Jewish poet Heinrich Heine, the controversial philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, and the postwar social theorist Jürgen Habermas.
On August 1, 2006, Holub began his appointment as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs on the Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee.
Holub and his wife Sabine have three children: Madelaine, who entered kindergarten this past fall; Shoshanah, an active preschooler; and Natalie, who was born in Febraury of 2007. From a previous marriage he has a son, Alexei, who will receive his PhD from Cal Tech in Computation and Neural Systems this year.
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