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As Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Elizabeth Weeks assists with all matters of academic administration, policy and planning. Additionally, she chairs the UGA Arts Council, co-chairs the UGA Humanities Council and oversees several units and initiatives that report to the Provost’s Office.

The Charles H. Kirbo Chair in the UGA School of Law, Professor Weeks has served as Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs since 2020. In this role, she directs UGA’s Office of Faculty Affairs and works closely with campus leaders on faculty-related policies, processes and records while also overseeing a robust slate of professional development programming for faculty.

Professor Weeks previously served as Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the School of Law. In this role, she worked closely with faculty to expand and promote scholarly activities, including external funding, through mentorship and professional development. Prior to her tenure at UGA, Professor Weeks was a professor at the University of Kansas School of Law where she also served as Director of the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic.

Professor Weeks’ research focuses on health care financing and regulation, health care reform, and public health law. She is the author or co-author of two books, with a third solo-authored book scheduled for publication in 2027. She has written nearly 50 book chapters and articles in law reviews, journals and other publications. Her honors include election to the American Law Institute; the Health Law Scholars Award from the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics; and the Howard M. and Susan Immel Award for Teaching Excellence from the University of Kansas School of Law.

Her involvement in the campus community includes extensive service on University Council and several of its committees, the university’s Institutional Review Board and the University Review Committee. She is an alumna of the university’s Women’s Leadership Fellows Program, the Public Service and Outreach Fellowship and the College of Public Health’s Leadership Academy. Her national service includes editorships and leadership roles such as Chair of the Sections on Law, Medicine, and Ethics and Torts and Compensation Systems of the Association of American Law Schools.

Professor Weeks joined the UGA faculty in 2011. An Athens native, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and her law degree summa cum laude from UGA.