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As Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Professor Weeks provides strategic leadership for the university’s academic programs and initiatives, policy development, governance processes and faculty matters. She chairs the UGA Arts Council and the university’s Leadership Council on Artificial Intelligence while also serving as co-chair of the UGA Humanities Council.

Professor Weeks previously served as Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs. In this role, she directed UGA’s Office of Faculty Affairs and worked closely with campus leaders on faculty-related policies, processes and records while also overseeing a robust slate of professional development programming for faculty.

The Charles H. Kirbo Chair in the UGA School of Law, Weeks joined the UGA faculty in 2011. Her 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.

Prior to joining the Provost’s Office, Professor Weeks served as Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the School of Law, where she worked closely with faculty to expand and promote scholarly activities, including external funding, through mentorship and professional development. Before coming to 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.

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.

An Athens native, Weeks earned her bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and her law degree summa cum laude from UGA.