Search Committee Appointed to Identify Next Provost

September 16, 2021
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UNC Charlotte has begun the process to identify its next provost, following Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Joan F. Lorden’s announcement she will step down after June 2022.

Led by Catrine Tudor-Locke, Dean of the College of Health and Human Services, and Rob Keynton, Dean of The William States Lee College of Engineering, the search committee includes a diverse and accomplished group of faculty, staff and students who are passionate about UNC Charlotte’s mission and values.

The committee will begin its work in September 2021 and will be assisted by Parker Executive Search. It is anticipated a new provost will be in place for the start of the 2022-2023 academic year.

The full membership of the committee is as follows:

  • Catrine Tudor-Locke, Dean of the College of Health and Human Services
  • Rob Keynton, Dean of The William States Lee College of Engineering
  • Jen Ames Stuart, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for University Communications; Associate Dean for Graduate and Executive Programs and Clinical Professor of Marketing, Belk College of Business
  • Dick Beekman, Student Body President
  • Anne Brown, Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance
  • Michael Carlin, Vice Chancellor for OneIT and Chief Information Officer
  • John Daniels, Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Jose Gamez, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs and Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, College of Arts + Architecture
  • Katherine Hall-Hertel, Associate Dean for Graduate Academics and Student Affairs, Graduate School
  • Susan Harden, Faculty Council President; Associate Professor of Education and Director for the Civic Minor in Urban Youth and Communities and the Charlotte Community Scholars undergraduate research program
  • Yvette Huet, Professor of Applied Physiology, Health, and Clinical Sciences and Director of the ADVANCE Faculty Affairs and Diversity Office
  • Claire Kirby, Associate Provost of Enrollment Management
  • Janaka Lewis, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Study of the New South
  • Taufiquar Khan, Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Michelle Meggs, Executive Director of the Women + Girls Research Alliance
  • Fatma Mili, Dean of the College of Computing and Informatics
  • Natasha Randle, Director of the Belk Scholars and Business Honors Programs and Clinical Professor, Belk College of Business
  • Dawn Schmitz, Associate Dean for Special Collections & University Archives, J. Murrey Atkins Library
  • Lisa Slattery Walker, Professor and Associate Dean for Graduation and Advising, Office of Undergraduate Education
  • Dylan Turner, President of the Graduate & Professional Student Government