Senior Vice Provost and ALO Search

The Office of the Provost is launching the search for the Senior Vice Provost and Accreditation Liaison Officer. This will be a campus-only search and is expected to be completed by mid-fall.

Position Announcement

The Senior Vice Provost (SVP) and Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) reports directly to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. Working with the Provost and the leadership team of Academic Affairs, the SVP will provide strategic leadership for the division across the areas of faculty success, student success, institutional research and strategic analytics,  undergraduate education, graduate education, program assessment, and campus accreditation. This leadership role provides day-to-day operational oversight of many of the central units and processes in the Division of Academic Affairs, an operation that includes over 2,000 faculty, 1000 student workers, and 500 staff with an operational budget of over $300M. The SVP plays a pivotal role in implementing the university’s strategic plan and ensures cross-divisional collaboration to enhance the overall academic mission, including student and faculty success, as well as advancing the campus mission as an R2 research-intensive institution. 
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Timeline

Initial application deadline: October 10, 2025

Semi-Finalists Interviews: mid October

Finalist Campus Visits: October/November

Search Committee

Committee Chair: Ellen Middaugh

  • Cristian Acevedo, Senior Research Associate/Student Success Analyst III
  • Mehrdad Aliasgari, Dean, College of Information, Data and Society
  • Ellen Middaugh, Associate Professor, Child and Adolescent Development
  • Aura Ozturk, Undergraduate Student, Data Science
  • Dana Ragouzeos, Assistant Professor, Design
  • Priya Raman, Professor, Communication Studies
  • Alaka Rao, Associate Professor, School of Management

Search Coordinator:  Jessica Larsen, jessica.larsen@sjsu.edu