Provost Search Committee and Timeline

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that we are beginning our national search for the next Provost and Executive Vice President of George Mason University. I have asked the President of the Faculty Senate, Professor Solon Simmons, and Professor and Assistant Provost Melissa Broeckelman-Post to chair the search committee, and after careful consideration, we are pleased to introduce the members of the search committee:

• Solon Simmons, co-chair: Faculty Senate President; Director, The Narrative Transformation Lab; Professor, Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Melissa Broeckelman-Post, co-chair: Professor of Communication, Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs
• Armand Alacbay: Visitor and Secretary, GMU Board of Visitors; Faculty Senate Liaison and Chair of the Academic Affairs
• Sharnnia Artis: Vice President for Access, Compliance, and Community
• Lisa Billingham: Professor and Director of Choral Activities, Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music
• Trishana Bowden: Advancement & Alumni Relations, GMU Foundation
• Shane Caswell: Professor, School of Kinesiology
• Rick Davis: Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts; Executive Director, Hylton Performing Arts Center; Professor of Theater
• Kim Eby: Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Development
• Cameron Harris: Instructional Associate Professor, Donald G. Costello College of Business; Assistant Chair, Business Foundations
• David Hull: Senior Associate Dean; Antonin Scalia Law School
• Bijan Jabbari: Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Cynthia Lum: Distinguished University Professor and Director, Evidence-Based Crime Policy; Criminology, Law and Society
• Nilima Mow: President of the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA), Ph.D. student and Graduate Research Assistant in Linguistics
• Rose Pascarell: Vice President, University Life
• Amira Roess: Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology
• Catherine Sausville: Director of Undergraduate Studies and Senior Instructor, Mathematical Sciences
• JP Singh: Distinguished University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government; Co-director of the Center for Human-AI Innovation in Society
• Rachel Spence: Staff Senate President; Academic Manager, International Enrollment Partnerships, Global Education Office
• Dan Stephens: Interim Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
• Undergraduate Student Body President (TBA)

In selecting the members of the search committee, we wanted to ensure that we represented as many constituents as possible while keeping our committee manageable in size.

To give you a sense of the timeline, we anticipate that we will select a search firm and post a position description early next semester. We expect to do interviews in April and May, including presentations that will be open to the faculty, and if all goes well, our new Provost will begin work on July 1.

The Provost has a central role in shaping any institution, and I am confident that we will select a chief academic officer who will help us build a bright future together.

Sincerely,

Gregory Washington

President