Provost's & Deans' Responsibilities
The Provost has overall responsibility for all aspects of the academic life at Wellesley. The responsibilities of the Office of the Provost are distributed among the provost and the two deans.
The responsibilities outlined below are: Major Areas of Responsibility, Department and Program Assignments, Committee Assignments, and Direct Reports.
| Andrew Shennan, Provost & Dean of the College |
Kathryn Lynch Dean of Faculty Affairs |
Richard French Dean of Academic Affairs |
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| Major Areas of Responsibility | Strategic planning Institutional budget planning Faculty appointments Academic programs and budgets Centers |
Faculty matters: appointments contracts recruitment and retention leaves awards benefits mentoring development |
Curricular matters: instructional and academic development academic innovation instructional technology institutional research student learning and assessment |
| Department and Program Assignments | Physical Education, Recreation & Athletics | Africana Studies Architecture Art Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) Classical Studies Comparative Literature East Asian Languages and Cultures English French (and French Cultural Studies) German (and German Studies) History Italian Studies Jewish Studies Medieval/Renaissance Studies Middle Eastern Studies Music Philosophy Religion Russian (and Russian Area Studies) South Asia Studies Spanish Theatre Studies Women's and Gender Studies Writing Program |
American Studies Anthropology Astronomy (and Astrophysics) Biological Chemistry Biological Sciences Chemistry Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Computer Science East Asian Studies Economics Education Environmental Studies Geosciences International Relations Latin American Studies Mathematics Media Arts and Sciences Neuroscience Peace and Justice Studies Physics Political Science Psychology Quantitative Reasoning Sociology |
| Committee Assignments | Agenda Committee Budget Advisory Committee Committee on Curriculum and Academic Policy Diversity Coalition Committee on Faculty Appointments (chair) Honor Code Hearing Review Panel International Study Committee Advisory Committee on Merit (chair) Committee on Minority Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention |
Committee on Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee on Faculty Appointments Committee on Faculty Awards Faculty Benefits Committee Advisory Committee on Merit |
Academic Review Board Committee on Curriculum and Academic Policy (chair) |
| Direct Reports | - Assistant Provost for Academic Budget and Planning (Mary Pat Navins) - Associate Provost and Academic Director of Diversity and Inclusion (Robbin Chapman) -Associate Provost for Institutional Planning and Assessment (Elena Bernal) - Chief Information Officer (Ravi Ravishanker) - Registrar and Assistant Dean of the College (Carol Shanmugaratnam) - Director of Athletics and Chair of Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics (Bridget Belgiovine) - Director of the Science Center (Cathy Summa) - Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women (Layli Maparyan) - Director of the Newhouse Center for the Humanities (Carol Dougherty) - Director of the Davis Museum and Cultural Center (Lisa Fischman) - Director of International Studies (Jennifer Thomas-Starck) |
- Assistant Dean of the College for Faculty Appointments (Ruth Frommer) | - Director of Sponsored Research (Kevin Chamness) - Director of the Pforzheimer Learning and Teaching Center (Nolan Flynn) - Director of the Child Study Center (Sue Kerr) - Director of Health Professions Advising (Sheila Brachfeld-Child) |
