Officials in Ohio University’s Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost are doing a lot of paperwork this summer. They have four provost positions to fill.
And they’ve chosen finalists for all of them.
The positions are associate provost for faculty and academic planning, vice provost for global affairs, associate provost for institutional research and effectiveness, and vice provost for diversity and inclusion. All candidates will be interviewed on campus throughout the months of May and June.
Associate provost for faculty and academic planning
Some finalists for these positions are from distances such as Canada and North Carolina, but all of the candidates for the position of associate provost for faculty and academic planning are faculty members at OU.
This position was created to account for the additional work associated with the university’s transition into its Responsibility Center Management budget model. The position’s responsibilities are currently being shared by those in the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost.
The three internal candidates will interview for a position as primary liaison of OU’s curricular issues for Pam Benoit, executive vice president and provost. The search for this position began at the end of April.
This position oversees personnel matters for tenure track and non-tenure track faculty and will be the primary source of contact for the offices of Legal Affairs, Institutional Equity, Diversity and Human Resources, according to the job description.
Finalists are Cindy Anderson, interim associate dean of OU’s graduate college and a tenured associate professor in the department of sociology and anthropology. She made $81,205 during the 2012-13 school year and had an open forum June 11.
Ken Hicks is a professor in the department of physics and astronomy and made $113,957 during the 2012-13 school year. He has worked at OU since 1988 after conducting research at Tri-University Meson Facility in Canada. Hicks had an open forum June 12.
Howard Dewald is a senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences. He is also a professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry and made $99,250 during the 2012-13 school year. He started his career at OU as an assistant professor for the Department of Chemistry in 1986. Dewald’s open forum is June 14.
Vice provost for global affairs
This position will replace OU’s executive director of the Center for International Studies position, previously held by Daniel Weiner before he left for a job in New England. Ming Li has been serving as interim.
Weiner made $140,415 during the 2011-12 school year before he left the next July.
OU’s new position will oversee the center, maintain international relationships and fundraise, according to the job description.
None of the three finalists are from OU.
Andrew Gilliespie is an assistant provost for international programs at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. He had an open forum June 4.
Lorna Jean Edmonds is an adviser of planning and development in the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada. Edmonds’ open forum was June 11.
J.D. Bindenagel is a special adviser to the president for International and Global Chicago Affairs at DePaul University. Bindenagel’s open forum is June 18.
Associate provost for institutional research and effectiveness
This position was held by Michael Williford, who has been appointed to a different role within the provost office.
Williford made $137,909 during the 2012-13 school year.
The associate provost position requires a person to provide “central information and analytical support for university planning, policy-making, academic assessment, and program reviews in alignment with the university’s vision and strategic planning processes,” according to the position description.
None of the finalists for this position will have open forums.
William “Bill” Knight is the executive director of institutional effectiveness at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. He was on campus for an interview June 10.
Barbara Wharton is the assistant vice president of institutional planning at Otterbein University in Westerville. Wharton’s on-campus interview was June 12.
Sarah Carrigan is the director of institutional research at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her on-campus interview is June 13.
Vice provost for diversity and inclusion
This position has been vacant for more than a year since Brian Bridges left to work for the United Negro College Fund.
Bridges made $142,957 during the 2011-12 school year.
His old position oversees the LGBT Center, Multicultural Center and Programs, Office of Multicultural Student Access and Retention and the Women’s Center, and it will “establish and maintain relationships between the university community and underserved populations,” according to the position description.
Carmen Suarez received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and is currently the chief diversity officer and associate vice provost for Student Affairs at the University of Idaho. Suarez has worked at the University of Idaho since June 2009, when she started as the director of Human Rights Access and inclusion director. She also worked as interim special assistant to the president for Diversity, Equity and Community/Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs where she worked with the University of Idaho’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, Women’s Center and LGBTQ Programs. Suarez’s open forum was June 10.
Karen Dace received a Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Iowa. She currently acts as an associate professor in the department of communication and studies at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. She is also the deputy chancellor of the Division of Diversity Access and Equity. She has taught classes on race and diversity in higher education, and in 2012 she published a book with conversations about race titled Unlikely Allies in the Academy: Women of Color and White Women in Conversation. Dace’s open forum was June 12.
James Pogue received a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Arizona and completed a management development program at Harvard University. Pogue is currently the director of Retention and Academic Center for Student Success at Wilberforce University. Pogue is also the president of The College Doctor, a program dedicated to helping graduation and retention rates. He travels as a speaker, and he has given lectures on subjects such as navigating college and student leadership. Pogue’s open forum is June 14.
— Anjelica Oswald contributed to this article.
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