The Provost is Dartmouth's chief academic officer and chief budget officer, directly responsible for overseeing the overall academic integrity of the entire institution and for those operations transcending the work of a single faculty.
Ansley Booker has joined Dartmouth as the inaugural Penny and Jim Coulter 1982 Executive Director of Dartmouth NEXT, a university-wide initiative aimed at expanding opportunities for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
James Dobson, associate professor of English and creative writing and director of the Writing Program, has been appointed special advisor to the provost for artificial intelligence for the 2024-25 academic year.
Kenya Tyson, who since 2022 has served as senior associate provost, has been named vice provost for strategic initiatives, Provost David Kotz ’86 has announced. She officially began in the role on July 1.
As more faculty and students harness the power of technology, Provost David Kotz ’86 has centralized the work of a cadre of learning designers, media specialists, and educational technologists to help faculty support learning in ways that would have been barely imaginable a decade ago.
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