Eric Kaler, the next president of the University of Minnesota, announced today the 13-person committee who will conduct the search for the U's next provost (senior vice president for academic affairs). Members are:
R. Timothy Mulcahy, Chair
Vice President for Research
Lendley C. Black
Chancellor, University of Minnesota Duluth
Steven L. Crouch
Dean, College of Science and Engineering
Connie W. Delaney
Dean, School of Nursing
Coty N. Jen
Graduate student, College of Science and Engineering
Regina G. Kunzel
Professor, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Wendy Pradt Lougee
University of Minnesota Librarian
Judith A. Martin
Professor and Director of the Urban Studies Program, Department of Geography, College of Liberal Arts
James A. Parente, Jr.
Dean, College of Liberal Arts
G. David Tilman
Regents Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences
Selwyn M. Vickers
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Medical School
Eric M. White
Undergraduate student, Carlson School of Management
Amelious N. Whyte, Jr.
Chief of Staff, Office for Student Affairs
The group will conduct a national search over the spring and summer, with public interviews in the fall, according to a news release.