DRAFT Leadership Searches
Vice Provost for Research
The Vice Provost for Research works in tandem with faculty to facilitate all phases of the external and internal funding processes and provides support for faculty and student research initiatives. GW's goal is to conduct a national search to recruit a vice provost with a broad range of expertise, exceptional knowledge of all disciplines, including the humanities and social sciences, and a track record of administrative accomplishments. The vice provost for research will be ready on day one to provide strategic leadership for GW’s vibrant research ecosystem.
Charge
The search committee is charged to recommend to the Provost a slate of two to four finalists to serve as the George Washington University’s next Vice Provost for Research.
Full charge to the Vice Provost for Research search committee
Updates
December 2020
- Exploratory listening sessions with various groups of faculty, university leaders, and researchers
January-February 2021
- Search committee formed, based on suggestions from the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, deans, and other stakeholders
- Storbeck Search selected as executive search firm
- Feb. 23: Search committee formally charged
March 2021
- March 3: National search officially announced by Provost Blake and Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research Gina Lohr
Search Committee Membership
Paul Wahlbeck, Dean, CCAS (chair)
Meghana Ayyagari, Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs, ESIA
David Diemert, Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, SMHS
Maxine Freund, Associate Dean for Research and External Relations, GSEHD
Raina Hackett, Undergraduate student
Danielle Haywood, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Gina Lohr, Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research
Kausik Sarkar, Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, SEAS
Chet Sherwood, Chair of Anthropology, CCAS
Hannah Sommers, Senior Associate Dean and Deputy University Librarian
Jim Tielsch, Chair of the Department of Global Health, GWSPH
Lynn Westwater, Professor of Romance, German and Slavic Language & Literature, CCAS (diversity representative)
Garry Young, Director, George Washington Institute of Public Policy