Senior Administration

Vice Provosts

Norma Sue Kenyon

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

nkenyon@miami.edu

(305) 243-5346
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...

James M. Tien

Faculty Ombudsperson
Professor

jmtien@miami.edu

(305) 284-7888
Dr. James M Tien is an internationally renowned scholar and educator; he brings a wealth of experience to his role as UM Faculty Ombudsperson, having served in various academic and industrial leadership positions. He was recently elected the Foreign Secretary of the U. S. National Academy of Engineering. He served as Dean of the University of...

Erin Kobetz

Professor

ekobetz@miami.edu

(305) 243-6185
Dr. Erin Kobetz is Vice Provost for Research and Tenured Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Public Health Sciences, and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. Additionally, she is Associate Director of Population Science and Cancer Disparities at UM’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer...

Alexandra C C Wilson

Interim Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs
Professor

a.wilson1@miami.edu

(305) 284-2003
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...

Maria Galli Stampino

Dean of Undergraduate Affairs

mgstampino@miami.edu

(305) 284-2006
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...

Kathi Lynn Kern

Professor

klk153@miami.edu

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...

Associate Provosts

Dave E Becher

Assoc. Provost, Programs

deb122@miami.edu

David Becher joined the University of Miami as Associate Provost for Data Governance and Institutional Research in August 2017. His responsibilities include leading a team responsible for providing data and analyses to senior leadership for decision-making purposes and providing mandated data to external agencies; providing leadership and...

Sabrina Mendoza

Assoc. Provost, Academic Affairs

sabrinamendoza@miami.edu

(305) 284-3356

Patty Murphy

Assoc. Provost, University Accreditation
SACSCOC Accreditation Liaison

pxm491@miami.edu

(804) 295-2599
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...

Academic Deans

Roni Avissar

Dean, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

Leonidas G Bachas

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Henri Ford

Dean, Miller School of Medicine

Rebecca M Fox

Dean, Division of Continuing and International Education

Laura Kohn Wood

Dean, School of Education and Human Development

Cindy Munro

Dean, School of Nursing and Health Studies

Patricia S Abril

Interim Dean of the Graduate School

Karin Wilkins

Dean, School of Communication

David Yellen

Dean, School of Law