Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Search
Chancellor Fuller personally charged the search committee and partners at Storbeck Search to find a diverse pool of strong candidates for Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs. Those efforts yielded a group of 35 highly qualified candidates. After much deliberation, 12 semi-finalists for first-round interviews were selected. The search committee had rich and engaging conversations with all of these individuals and brought four outstanding finalists to campus for full-day visits. The Committee and Chancellor are currently convening.
Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Search Committee Members:
- Sigal Gottlieb, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research (Co-Chair)
- Amy Shapiro, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Honors College (Co-Chair)
- Afsoon Amirzadeh Goghari, Full-Time Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
- R. Thomas Boone, Professor of Psychology
- Julie Cahill, Assistant Dean of Students, UMass School of Law
- Geoffrey Cowles, Associate Professor of Fisheries and Oceanography
- Melissa Desroches, Assistant Professor of Community Nursing
- Lance Fiondella, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Dawn Gross, Interim Dean of Library Services
- A. Lawrence Jenkens, Dean, College of Visual & Performing Arts
- Hanan Khamis, Director of Admissions
- Kellyann Kowalski, Associate Professor of Management
- Devon Lynch, Associate Professor of Economics
- Suemy Moreira, Undergraduate Academic Advisor, College of Engineering
- Joshua Rambut, Doctoral student, Engineering and Applied Science
- Douglas Roscoe, Professor of Political Science, Director of General Education, Faculty Senate President
- Frank Scarano, Professor and Chair of Medical and Laboratory Science
- Kimberly Scott, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
- Glaucia Silva, Professor of Portuguese
- Michael Vincent ’25, Undergraduate Student
- John Williams, Dean, Charlton College of Business