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January 21, 2004

Search for new Provost yields five

From staff reports

Candidates have been named in the University of Houston’s search for a new Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs/Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.

Five candidates will interview and participate in open forums with UH faculty, staff and students.

The candidates follow:

  • Luanna Meyer, Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic(Senior Academic Officer, Massey University, New Zealand
  • Cristina Gonzalez, Senior Advisor to the Chancellor, Former Dean of Graduate Studies, University of California, Davis
  • Richard Edwards, Distinguished Professor of Social Work, Former Dean of Social Work and Former Interim Provost
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Charles Louis, Vice President for Research, Georgia State University
  • David Young, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University