Academic Leadership Team

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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Karen J Beckett

Karen J Beckett

Assoc. Provost, Academic Support Services and University Registrar

(305) 284-5749
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Alberto Caban-Martinez

Alberto Caban-Martinez

Interim Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship

(305) 243-7565
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Dr. Alberto Caban-Martinez is a board-certified physician-scientist, Professor (tenured) of Public Health Sciences, Deputy Director of the MD-MPH Program, and Associate Provost for Regulatory Affairs, Assessment and Research Integrity at the University of Miami. He has over 10 years of domestic and international research expertise in...
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Nate Crozier

Nate Crozier

Vice President, Enrollment Management and Undergraduate Admissions

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Sylvia Daunert

Sylvia Daunert

Professor
Director of STEM Institutes

(305) 243-4005
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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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Steven A. Safren

Steven A. Safren

Professor
Director of Scholarship in the Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, & Humanities

(305) 284-2818
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I am the Director of the UM Center for HIV and Research in Mental Health (NIMH-funded AIDS Research Center) which is a university-wide research center that provides services to investigators and community members in Miami and regionally at affiliated Florida institutions, and I am the director of the Health Promotion and Care (HPAC)...
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JoNel Newman

JoNel Newman

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Interim Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Associate Dean for Experiential Learning

(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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Nicole Leeper Piquero

Nicole Leeper Piquero

Interim Dean, Graduate School

(305) 284-6172
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Nicole Leeper Piquero received her Ph.D. (2001) as well as her M.A. (1998) and B.A. (1996) in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland. She joined the University of Miami in 2020 as a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology. She served as chair of the department from 2022-2024. Dr. Piquero’s...
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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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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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Academic Affairs Office Staff

Ijeoma Adele

Ijeoma Adele

Director, Strategic Initiatives

(305) 284-9676
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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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Monica Fernandez Revell

Monica Fernandez Revell

Sr. Manager, Administrative Operations (A)
Executive Assistant to the Provost

(305) 284-2002
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