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Dr. Michael Amiridis is the Provost of the University of South Carolina and a Professor of Chemical Engineering. As Provost, Dr. Amiridis 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.
Dr. Amiridis received his Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki in Greece (1985), and his PhD – also in Chemical Engineering – from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1991), specializing in heterogeneous catalysis. In 1991 he joined the corporate Research Division of W.R. Grace and Co., in Columbia, Maryland, working in the area of emission control technologies and subsequently moved to the University of South Carolina as an Assistant Professor in 1994. He was promoted through the academic ranks, became Department Chair in 2002 and Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing in 2006, before becoming the Provost in 2009. In the interim he has also held visiting appointments (sabbaticals) at the University of Poitiers (France) and ETH-Zurich (Switzerland).
His research interests focus on the synthesis and catalytic characterization of bimetallic nanoparticles with controlled composition and architecture. His work has resulted in more than 85 peer-reviewed journal publications and has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy and the industrial sector (BASF, Toyota, Davison, W.L. Gore and ExxonMobil). Amiridis has so far supervised the completion of 16 doctoral theses, while 6 additional PhD candidates are currently in his research group. Graduates from his group have been hired in world renowned corporate labs of catalyst manufacturers or users, including BASF, Johnson Matthey, Grace-Davison, BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Sabic and Pfizer. His research efforts have been recognized with an NSF CAREER Award (1996), a Golden Key Award for Integration of Undergraduate Teaching and Research (2000), and the USC College of Engineering Research Achievement Award (2005).
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Richard McCarty , provost, vice chancellor for academic affairs, and professor of psychology, is responsible for working with the academic deans of the university in developing and executing Vanderbilt University's core mission and straegic academic plan. The provost oversees academic affairs, and residential and student life. McCarty joined Vanderbilt in July 2001 as professor of psychology and dean of the College of Arts and Science. His teaching and research interests are in physiological and behavioral adaptations to stress and factors contributing to the development of hypertension.
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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. Mary Ellen Mazey was appointed Provost and Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Auburn University in 2009. From 2005- 2009 she was the Dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University (WVU). Prior to being appointed Dean at WVU, she served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Wright State University for seven years.
She received her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in urban geography in 1977 and taught at that institution for two years prior to joining the faculty of Wright State University in l979. Dr. Mazey was founding director of the Center for Urban and Public Affairs at Wright State and served in that capacity for eleven years (l983-l994). At that time, she served as the university’s representative to the Ohio Board of Regents Urban University Advisory Committee. In addition, she served as chair of the Department of Urban Affairs and Geography and led the creation of a Master of Urban Administration Program. From l993-l996, Dr. Mazey was granted the title of Distinguished Professor of Professional Service at WSU.
In l996-l997 Dr. Mazey was appointed Director of the Office of University Partnerships for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). She also established a collaborative program with the U.S. Department of Education to support university and community partnerships with K-12 education. Dr. Mazey has served as a grants reviewer and consultant to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Education. She has served as a consultant to the Appalachian Regional Commission and numerous local governments, colleges, and universities.
Dr. Mazey has published a book, numerous articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, and has over $500,000 grants and contracts to her credit. Her areas of research interest are economic development, facilitative leadership, university and community partnerships, and regionalism.
Dr. Mazey has chaired the Governing Board of the Urban Affairs Association and the urban policy committee for the Urban Commission of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. She is a member of the editorial boards of The Regionalist and Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum. She has served on numerous non-profit boards including the Ohio Tuition Trust Authority Board.
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Judy Bonner was promoted to Executive Vice President and Provost on April 1, 2006 after serving as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs since March, 2003. Dr. Bonner holds two degrees from The University of Alabama – the B.S. in Nutrition and the M.S. in Food and Nutrition, and the Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from The Ohio State University. She served as Dean of the College of Human Environmental Studies at The University of Alabama since 1989 and, prior to that, Special Assistant to the President, Assistant Academic Vice President, and Head of the Department of Human Nutrition and Hospitality Management. She has held faculty positions at The University of Alabama in Birmingham and The Ohio State University. Dr. Bonner is an active member of civic, scientific and professional organizations and is the author of numerous books and articles.
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Sharon L. Gaber became Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas on May 1, 2009. She came to the University of Arkansas, where she is also professor of Sociology, from Auburn University, where she served most recently as interim provost. Prior to this she served Auburn as senior associate provost and associate provost for academic administration. She began her time at Auburn as Associate Dean in the College of Architecture, Design and Construction.
Prior to Auburn University, she was a faculty member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She served as Department Chair, graduate officer and held the A. Leicester Hyde endowed professorship.
She holds a Ph.D. in City & Regional Planning from Cornell University, a Master’s in Planning from the University of Southern California, and BA degrees in Economics and Urban Studies from Occidental College. Her research interests are in community needs assessment of marginalized populations and planning methods.
She has served on the National Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Governing Board, was awarded the 2006 State of Alabama Outstanding Professional Planner of the Year, and the 2009 Auburn University Women of Distinction Faculty Award.
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Joe Glover has been Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs since July 2008. Dr. Glover arrived at UF in 1983 as an assistant professor in mathematics. He chaired the Mathematics Department from 1993 to 1998 and served as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 1998 to 2001. Beginning in 2001, Dr. Glover served as Associate Provost for Academic Affairs for six years and as Interim Provost for nine months. Dr. Glover chaired the Task Force on the Future of the University of Florida, helped develop the university's strategic plan, and represented the university on the executive board of the New World School of the Arts. He served as Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2007-2008.
Dr. Glover received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Cornell University and his master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics from the University of California, San Diego. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Rochester before joining the University of Florida faculty. He held a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at UCSD in 1982. His awards include an NSF-CNRS fellowship held at the Universite de Grenoble II, a CLAS Teaching Award and a mentoring award from the McKnight Foundation. His research in probability theory, stochastic processes, and potential theory has been supported by the NSF, the AFOSR, and the NSA.
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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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Dr. Peter Rabideau was appointed Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Mississippi State University in 2003. Prior to that appointment he served for four years as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University following nine years as Dean of the College of Basic Sciences at Louisiana State University. His early career was spent in Indianapolis at IUPUI where he also served as Chemistry Department Chair.
Dr. Rabideau received his BS in chemistry from Loyola of Chicago, and his PhD in Organic Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University. After earning his doctorate he spent two years at the University of Chicago as a postdoctoral associate and as an instructor.
Dr. Rabideau was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1997 and he was named Alumnus of the Year in 2001 by the Chemistry Department of Case Western Reserve University. His research produced over 125 publications and he enjoyed 30 years of continuous funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. He also served as a program officer for the National Science Foundation in 1988. Other professional activities include numerous national committee appointments with the American Chemical Society and local section appointments including Chairman of the Indiana Section and 9 years as its councilor.
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Morris H. Stocks serves as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Immediately prior to assuming the provost responsibilities, Dr. Stocks served the university as Senior Vice Chancellor for Planning and Operations. Dr. Stocks also served as Dean of the Patterson School of Accountancy. During his tenure as Dean, the Patterson School was ranked as one of the top 25 accounting programs in the country for the first time in its history. Prior to his service as dean, Dr. Stocks was the Associate Provost for three years, with responsibilities for the academic budget and undergraduate curriculum. He received his undergraduate degree in accounting from Trevecca Nazarene University, his Masters degree from Middle Tennessee State University and his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Mississippi.
Dr. Stocks is in his 18th year at the University of Mississippi and continues to teach Financial Accounting. He is the 1998 recipient of the University's most prized teaching honor, the Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award. Dr. Stocks' primary research interest relates to the impact of financial accounting issues on the decision making process of users of accounting information. He has published in many of his profession's top academic and professional journals, including Accounting, Organizations and Society, Accounting Horizons, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Advances in Accounting and The Decision Sciences Journal. He is a member of the American Accounting Association, The American Institute of CPAs, The Decision Sciences Institute, as well as several academic honorary societies.
Dr. Stocks and his wife, Cynthia, have four children.
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In July 2008, Dr. Susan Martin accepted the position of interim provost of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has served as senior vice provost at UT Knoxville since 2004.
Prior to her role as vice provost, Dr. Martin was associate dean of the UT Knoxville College of Arts and Sciences from 2000 to 2004, and prior to that spent nine years as a department head. She joined the faculty of the Department of Classics at UT Knoxville in 1981.
Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Dr. Martin received B.A. degrees in comparative literature (French and German, 1973) and classical philology (1976) from the University of California, Berkeley. She has M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in classical studies from the University of Michigan (1981). She spent a junior year abroad at the Universit de Bordeaux (1971-72), was a fellow of the American Academy in Rome (1980-81) and a Liberal Arts Fellow in Law and Classics at Harvard Law School (1988-89).
Dr. Martin’s research focuses on Roman law of the classical period (50 B.C. - A.D. 250) with particular emphasis on its relationship to the society and economy of Rome. Her publications have focused on contract law and in particular, the organization of such essential functions as construction and transportation. She teaches Latin at all levels, as well as courses in Roman Law, and Women in Antiquity.
She has served as chair of the Advisory Council to the Classical School Committee of the American Academy in Rome and as President of the Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association. She was the recipient of the Jacqueline Elliott Award for Service in Higher Education from the TFLTA in 2003. She is past president of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South.
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