Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

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Provost

Joel Samuels

Joel Samuels

Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost (A)

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Joel Hassman Samuels, a celebrated scholar, researcher, and an expert on the rule of law, is the University of Miami’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, overseeing the academic programs, policies, and faculty affairs of the institution. Samuels, who has more than 20 years of experience in higher education, was...
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Academic Leadership Team

Alberto Caban-Martinez

Alberto Caban-Martinez

Interim Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship

(305) 243-7565
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Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, D.O., Ph.D., is interim vice provost for research and scholarship at the University of Miami. He provides strategic leadership and oversight for the University’s research enterprise, advancing institutional priorities that promote research integrity, innovation, and global impact across its 12 schools and...
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Rachelle Feldman

Rachelle Feldman

Vice President, Enrollment Management (A)

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Patty Murphy

Patty Murphy

Assoc. Provost, University Accreditation
SACSCOC Accreditation Liaison

(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. She is currently serving as a member of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees. Prior to coming to the U in 2016, she was the Director of Institutional...
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JoNel Newman

JoNel Newman

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

(305) 284-4125
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JoNel Newman received her B.A. with honors, summa cum laude from the University of Missouri where she was awarded the William E. Kemp Prize in Literature.  She received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal. After clerking for Judge R. Lanier Anderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
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Valerie Olson

Valerie Olson

Sr. Assoc. Dean for Student Success

(305) 284-1294
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Maria Galli Stampino

Maria Galli Stampino

Dean of Undergraduate Affairs

(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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Susan Stearsman

Susan Stearsman

Assoc. Vice President, Strategic Initiatives – Academy

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Susan Stearsman is serving as the Associate Vice President for Research Administration on an interim basis. Susan brings 30 years of experience working in the research enterprise of universities and academic medical centers. She is committed to ongoing process improvement and community engagement in research administration.
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Maryann Tobin

Maryann Tobin

Chief of Staff to the Provost

(305) 284-3356
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Dr. Maryann Tobin serves as Chief of Staff for the Office of the Provost at the University of Miami, where she acts as strategic counsel, advances institutional priorities, fosters collaboration across academic units, and oversees the daily operations of the Provost’s Office. She brings extensive experience in higher education...
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Greg Victory

Greg Victory

Associate Vice President for Careers Services

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Academic Deans

Patricia S Abril

Patricia S Abril

Dean, School of Law
M. Minnette Massey Chair in Law

(305) 284-6999
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Patricia Sanchez Abril is Dean of the University of Miami School of Law and Professor of Business Law at the University of Miami Herbert Business School. Patricia has authored several widely cited articles in privacy, technology, and securities in various prestigious law reviews. Her work earned her the international Academy of Legal Studies in...
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Leonidas G Bachas

Leonidas G Bachas

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

(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

(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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Charles Eckman

Charles Eckman

Dean, Libraries
Librarian, Professor

(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

(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

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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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Benjamin Kirtman

Benjamin Kirtman

Dean, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
William R Middelthon III Endowed Chair of Earth Sciences
Director: Cooperative Institute for Marine & Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)
Deputy Director: Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC)
Program Director: IDSC Earth Systems

(305) 421-4046
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Position and Research Expertise Ben Kirtman is a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. He uses atmosphere-ocean general circulation models to study the predictability and variability of the Earth’s climate system. Teaching and...
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Laura Kohn Wood

Laura Kohn Wood

Dean, School of Education and Human Development

(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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Vincent K Omachonu

Vincent K Omachonu

Interim Dean, College of Engineering
Professor & Chair
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

(305) 284-2372
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Vincent Omachonu, an award-winning expert and author in the field of healthcare quality management, serves as chair of the University of Miami College of Engineering’s Department of Industrial Engineering. Omachonu received the IBM Faculty Award. He also is a master black belt in Lean Six Sigma Quality Methodology. He earned his...
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Paul A Pavlou

Paul A Pavlou

Dean, Miami Herbert Business School

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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

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PhD, RN, FABMR, FAAN                                                         ...
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Karin Wilkins

Karin Wilkins

Dean, School of Communication

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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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Provost Office Staff

Ijeoma Adele

Ijeoma Adele

Director, Strategic Initiatives

(305) 284-9676
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Lori A. Busto

Executive Assistant (A)

(305) 284-2006
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Aurora Garcia

Aurora Garcia

Executive Assistant

(305) 284-1196
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Ana Isabel Pereira

Ana Isabel Pereira

Manager, Administrative Operations

(305) 284-6318
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Yanay Tabraue

Sr. Manager, Administrative Operations (A)

(305) 284-2002
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