About Us
The Office of the Provost is committed to creating structures and processes in a culture where faculty, staff, and students can thrive so that, together, we will accomplish the university’s mission.
Office of the Provost Staff
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John Buckwalter, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Academic quality and student success
- Ensuring a positive learning and working environment
- Implementation of the University’s Strategic Plan
- Institutional accreditation and accountability
- Recruiting and maintaining a top-quality faculty
- Managing academic appointments, tenure, and promotion
- Lead the university’s internationalization efforts
- Academic quality and student success
- Ensuring a positive learning and working environment
- Implementation of the University’s Strategic Plan
- Institutional accreditation and accountability
- Recruiting and maintaining a top-quality faculty
- Managing academic appointments, tenure, and promotion
- Lead the university’s internationalization efforts
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Zeynep Hansen, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Academic Planning & Institutional Effectiveness
- Academic Planning
- Institutional Effectiveness
- Oversight of the development of new program proposals
- Planning and management of the institutional accreditation process for Boise State University
- Periodic Review of academic departments
- Academic Planning
- Institutional Effectiveness
- Oversight of the development of new program proposals
- Planning and management of the institutional accreditation process for Boise State University
- Periodic Review of academic departments
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Susan Shadle, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies
- Promote academic success and retention of undergraduate students
- Oversight of Undergraduate Studies units:
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- Advising & Academic Support Center
- Center for Teaching & Learning
- University Foundations
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- Partner with Student Affairs on undergraduate enrollment initiatives
- Promote academic success and retention of undergraduate students
- Oversight of Undergraduate Studies units:
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- Advising & Academic Support Center
- Center for Teaching & Learning
- University Foundations
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- Partner with Student Affairs on undergraduate enrollment initiatives
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Michelle Payne, Ph.D.
Assistant Provost for Academic Leadership and Faculty Affairs
- Academic leadership
- Faculty development and support
- Resources for academic leaders
- Academic leadership
- Faculty development and support
- Resources for academic leaders
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Kristen DeBoer
Executive Assistant to the Provost
- Provide executive administrative support for Provost Buckwalter
- Provide executive administrative support for Provost Buckwalter
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Erin Muggli
Senior Project Manager for Strategic Planning & Academic Initiatives
- Manage project assignments related to Strategic Plan implementation
- Coordinate development and implementation of academic initiatives
- Provide administrative support for University Strategic Planning Council
- Manage project assignments related to Strategic Plan implementation
- Coordinate development and implementation of academic initiatives
- Provide administrative support for University Strategic Planning Council
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Karen Hansen
Senior Coordinator of Academic Affairs Operations
- Oversight of Provost-authority Academic Affairs budgets
- Coordinate Academic Affairs annual budget request process
- Manage resource-related Memorandum of Agreements
- Oversight of Provost-authority Academic Affairs budgets
- Coordinate Academic Affairs annual budget request process
- Manage resource-related Memorandum of Agreements
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Jennifer Jayne
Project Coordinator for Academic Planning
- Unified Strategic Planning for academic departments
- Management of the institutional accreditation process
- Assistance with new program proposals
- Institutional management of program changes with Idaho State Board of Education
- Unified Strategic Planning for academic departments
- Management of the institutional accreditation process
- Assistance with new program proposals
- Institutional management of program changes with Idaho State Board of Education
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Sage Rust
Project Coordinator for Academic Success
- Support student grievance and grade appeal processes
- Facilitate work focused on student academic success
- Manage and oversee processes related to the development and ongoing revisions of academic related initiatives
Administration Building, ADM 202- Support student grievance and grade appeal processes
- Facilitate work focused on student academic success
- Manage and oversee processes related to the development and ongoing revisions of academic related initiatives
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Stephanie Ritchie Breach, M.A.
Project Coordinator for Academic Leadership and Faculty Affairs
- Academic leadership council
- Faculty promotion and tenure process
- Emeriti Guild liaison
- Academic leadership council
- Faculty promotion and tenure process
- Emeriti Guild liaison
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Maddie Taylor
Communications Specialist
- Communications for the Office of the Provost
- Communications for the Office of the Provost