Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Main Office: 1252 Memorial Drive Ashe Building, Suite 240, Coral Gables | Phone: (305) 284-3356 | Contact Information

Provost and Vice Provosts

Guillermo J Prado

Guillermo J Prado

Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
Professor

gprado@miami.edu

(305) 284-2002
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Guillermo (Willy) Prado is the University of Miami's chief academic officer, serving as interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, with appointing and oversight authority concerning the deans of the 12 schools and colleges and the senior administrators involved with research, undergraduate and graduate education, and...
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Maria Luisa Alcaide

Maria Luisa Alcaide

Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship

malcaide@miami.edu

(305) 243-8434
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Dr. Alcaide is an Infectious Diseases physician scientist, faculty member of the University of Miami for over 15 years. Throughout her career as a clinician and researcher, Dr. Alcaide has provided scientific and administrative oversight to numerous multidisciplinary research studies focused on HIV and other emerging infections in the US and...
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Norma Sue Kenyon

Norma Sue Kenyon

Vice Provost for Innovation
Chief Innovation Officer, Miller School of Medicine
Professor of Surgery

nkenyon@miami.edu

(305) 243-5346
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Norma Sue Kenyon, Ph.D. is Vice Provost for Innovation at the University of Miami and Chief Innovation Officer of the Miller School of Medicine. Under her leadership, the U Innovation team, including the Office of Technology Transfer and the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research has successfully increased the number of licensing...
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Kathi Lynn Kern

Kathi Lynn Kern

Professor

klk153@miami.edu

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Kathi Kern joined the University of Miami in July 2022, as the inaugural Vice Provost for Educational Innovation and is responsible for designing the University’s strategy in leading and executing the educational revolution. She leads the Platform for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (PETAL), which supports teaching...
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Nick Tsinoremas

Nick Tsinoremas

Professor
Vice Provost for Research Computing and Data
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor, Computer Science
Professor, Health Informatics
Director, Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing

ntsinoremas@miami.edu

(305) 284-4902
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Nicholas F. Tsinoremas, PhD | Dr. Tsinoremas is the Vice Provost for Research Computing and Data and Founding Director of the University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing which was established to catalyze data-intensive research in fields ranging from medicine to earth sciences, urban planning, digital humanities, and business....
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Alexandra C C Wilson

Alexandra C C Wilson

Interim Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs
Professor

a.wilson1@miami.edu

(305) 284-2003
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Alex C. C. Wilson serves as Interim Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at the University of Miami. An evolutionary biologist, Dr. Wilson is a professor in the Department of Biology, where she has served as both associate chair of biology (2021-2023) and director of Graduate Studies in biology (2015-2019).In 2006, Dr. Wilson was recruited to the...
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University Deans

Patricia S Abril

Patricia S Abril

Interim Dean, School of Law

pabril@miami.edu

(305) 284-6999
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Patricia Sánchez Abril, is Interim Dean of the University of Miami Law School and Professor of Business Law at the University of Miami Herbert Business School since 2004. Patricia has authored several widely cited articles in privacy, technology, and securities in various prestigious law reviews. Her work earned her the international...
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Roni Avissar

Roni Avissar

Dean, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

avissar@miami.edu

(305) 421-4000
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Roni Avissar, Ph.D., became dean of the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science in 2009. Dr. Avissar is an internationally recognized atmospheric scientist who has started his career in academia in 1989.  His research has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals and he has pioneered the development and...
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Leonidas G Bachas

Leonidas G Bachas

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

bachas@miami.edu

(305) 284-4021
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Leonidas G. Bachas joined the University of Miami as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in July 2010. A distinguished analytical and biological chemist, Bachas was formerly the Frank J. Derbyshire Professor of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky and chair of its Department of Chemistry. Bachas’s tenure at Kentucky was marked...
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Shelton G. Berg

Shelton G. Berg

Dean, Frost School of Music

sberg@miami.edu

(305) 284-2241
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An award-winning educator with 39 years of leadership in higher education, Shelton (Shelly) Berg is Dean and Patricia L. Frost Professor of Music at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. He is a Steinway piano artist and five-time Grammy-nominated arranger, orchestrator, and producer. His album projects The Deep...
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Pratim Biswas

Pratim Biswas

Dean, College of Engineering

pbiswas@miami.edu

(305) 284-5986
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Professor Biswas is the Dean of the University of Miami College of Engineering. He is a faculty member in the Dept of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, with an affiliated appointment in the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Dean Biswas is a pioneer in his field recognized for applying aerosol science...
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Charles Eckman

Charles Eckman

Dean, Libraries
Librarian, Professor

ceckman@miami.edu

(305) 284-1959
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Charles D. Eckman joined the University of Miami as dean of libraries and university librarian in December 2013. He previously served as dean of library services at Simon Fraser University, director of library collections at the University of California, Berkeley, and principal government documents librarian and head of the social sciences...
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Rodolphe el-Khoury

Rodolphe el-Khoury

Dean, School of Architecture

rxe66@miami.edu

(305) 284-9092
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Rodolphe el-Khoury is Dean of the University of Miami School of Architecture. Before coming to UMSoA in July, 2014, he was Canada Research Chair and Director of Urban Design at the University of Toronto, Head of Architecture at California College of the Arts, and Associate Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design. He has taught at Columbia...
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Henri Ford

Henri Ford

Dean, Miller School of Medicine

hford@miami.edu

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Henri R. Ford, M.D., became dean of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine on June 1, 2018. Dr. Ford is a Haitian-born pediatric surgeon who maintains close ties with his native country. In 2010 he traveled to Haiti after the earthquake to provide surgical care to children injured in the catastrophe. Since then, Dr. Ford...
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Laura Kohn Wood

Laura Kohn Wood

Dean, School of Education and Human Development

l.kohnwood@miami.edu

(305) 284-6474
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Dr. Kohn-Wood is currently a Professor and Dean of the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Miami (UM). Dr. Kohn-Wood previously served as chair of the Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, the founding program director of the Master’s in Community & Social Change program and, with...
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Nicole Leeper Piquero

Nicole Leeper Piquero

Interim Dean, Graduate School

nxl491@miami.edu

(305) 284-6172
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Nicole Leeper Piquero received her Ph.D. (2001) as well as her M.A. (1998) and B.A. (1996) in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland. She joined the University of Miami in 2020 as a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology. She served as chair of the department from 2022-2024. Dr. Piquero’s...
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Paul A Pavlou

Paul A Pavlou

Dean, Miami Herbert Business School
Leonard M. Miller University Chair Professor

pap172@miami.edu

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Paul A. Pavlou is the Dean of the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School. He is also the Leonard M. Miller University Chair Professor. His research has been cited more than 90,000 times by Google Scholar, and Thomson Reuters recognized him among the “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”...
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Hudson Santos

Hudson Santos

Dean, School of Nursing and Health Studies
Dolores J. Chambreau Endowed Chair in Nursing
Vice Dean for Research Affairs
Interim Associate Dean of the Graduate School

hxs987@miami.edu

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PhD, RN, FABMR, FAAN                                                         ...
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Maria Galli Stampino

Maria Galli Stampino

Dean of Undergraduate Affairs

mgstampino@miami.edu

(305) 284-2006
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Dr. Maria Galli Stampino holds a Laurea degree in modern foreign languages from the Catholic University of Milan, an MA in American Studies from the University of Kansas, and a PhD in Italian and Comparative Literature from Stanford University.She joined UM in 1996 as an Assistant Professor, was promoted to Associate with tenure in 2003 and to...
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Karin Wilkins

Karin Wilkins

Dean, School of Communication

kwilkins@miami.edu

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Karin Wilkins is Dean of the School of Communication at the University of Miami. Before coming to UM in September, 2019 she was Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement and Strategic Initiatives with the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin, where she also held the John T. Jones Jr. Centennial Professorship in...
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Other Leadership Areas

Karen J Beckett

Assoc. Provost, Academic Support Services and University Registrar

kbeckett@miami.edu

(305) 284-5749
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Patty Murphy

Patty Murphy

Assoc. Provost, University Accreditation
SACSCOC Accreditation Liaison

pxm491@miami.edu

(804) 295-2599
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Patty is the University’s accreditation liaison to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and regularly serves as a SACSCOC peer evaluator. Prior to coming to the U in 2016, she was the Director of Institutional Effectiveness at the University of Richmond and the Assistant Vice President for...
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Steven A. Safren

Steven A. Safren

Professor

sas436@miami.edu

(305) 284-2818
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I am the Director of the UM Center for HIV and Research in Mental Health (NIMH-funded AIDS Research Center) and the Health Promotion and Care Research Program where we study health behavior change, with a particular emphasis on mental health and substance use components of HIV prevention and treatment domestically and internationally....
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Office of the Provost Staff

Ijeoma Adele

Ijeoma Adele

Director, Strategic Initiatives

ixa236@miami.edu

(305) 284-9676
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Vanessa Velis Barbieri

Vanessa Velis Barbieri

Director, Programs (A)

vav37@miami.edu

(305) 284-9316
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Lidia Guadalupe Fernandez

Lidia Guadalupe Fernandez

Executive Assistant

lxf571@miami.edu

(305) 284-2862
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Kendee Franklin

Kendee Franklin

Assistant Dean, Programs

klf67@miami.edu

(305) 284-6976
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Aurora Garcia

Aurora Garcia

Executive Assistant

axg1442@miami.edu

(305) 284-1196
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Jacqueline Lopez

Jacqueline Lopez

Sr. Executive Assistant (A)

jlopez4@miami.edu

(305) 284-2002
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Ali Mosser

Ali Mosser

Director, Strategic Initiatives

aem229@miami.edu

(305) 284-9060
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Valerie Olson

Valerie Olson

Sr. Assoc. Dean for Student Success

vxr557@miami.edu

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Ana Isabel Pereira

Ana Isabel Pereira

Manager, Business Operations

a.pereira@miami.edu

(305) 284-6318
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Tiffany B Plantan

Tiffany B Plantan

Chief of Staff to the Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost

t.plantan@miami.edu

(305) 284-3356
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Lauren Zipper

Lauren Zipper

Manager, Business Operations

lxz322@miami.edu

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