TO:

Vice Presidents, Deans, Directors, and Office of Global Engagement Staff

FROM:

S. Jack Hu, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

DATE:

June 2, 2022

RE:

Associate Provost for Global Engagement Search Announcement

A nine-member search advisory committee chaired by College of Environment and Design Dean Sonia Hirt has been appointed to conduct a UGA internal search for the next Associate Provost for Global Engagement.

The position posting is available at https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/259177. Anyone who wishes to nominate candidates for consideration is invited to contact Michael Luthi, Director of the UGA Search Group, at luthi@uga.edu or 706-542-1837.

In addition to Dean Hirt, the committee members are:

  • Markus Crepaz, Meigs Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs and co-Director of the UGA Study Abroad Program in Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Jessica Hunt, Assistant Dean and Director of Scholarships in the Jere W. Morehead Honors College
  • William Kisaalita, University Professor and UGA Athletic Association Distinguished Professor in Engineering
  • Jamie Kriener, Professor of History and Associate Dean in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
  • Victoria Collins McMaken, Coordinator of International Programs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
  • Jane McPherson, Associate Professor and Director of Global Engagement in the School of Social Work
  • Brian Watkins, Director of International Initiatives in the Office of Global Engagement
  • James Zhang, Professor of Kinesiology in the Mary Frances Early College of Education