Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UT Martin

About the University of Tennessee at Martin

The University of Tennessee at Martin is a primary regional university in the University of Tennessee System that includes the main campus and six regional centers in West and Middle Tennessee. Having recently completed a new strategic plan, UT Martin is ready for the region to Watch Us Soar from 2025 – 2030. The main campus is located in rural Northwest Tennessee and offers a traditional college setting in a welcoming community. UT Martin students experience high-quality academic programs, excellent facilities and outstanding faculty members whose primary focus is teaching, while also engaging in meaningful undergraduate research, service, and outreach initiatives. Fall 2024 enrollment totaled 7,507 students who came to the university from 88 of Tennessee’s 95 counties, 43 states, and 24 countries.

The university offers baccalaureate and master’s degrees, majors, concentrations, and options in more than 140 specialized fields. Many faculty members are considered among the top educators in Tennessee and the nation by professional organizations and through other recognitions. Experiential learning is an important part of being a UT Martin student through internships and other real-world learning opportunities that include options for international travel-study.

Besides traditional classroom education, UT Martin is also home to UT Martin Online, offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees, including the online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) Degree for working adults. Beyond the main campus, the regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Ripley, Selmer, Somerville, and Springfield provide broad access to UT Martin academic programs. An early state leader in dual enrollment, UT Martin also offers university courses to Tennessee high school students. Next to the 320-acre main campus, 680 acres of agricultural land serve as research and demonstration space for various academic programs.

UT Martin sets a high standard for leadership development and education. More than 150 student organizations offer leadership and involvement opportunities outside the classroom. The university’s WestStar Leadership Program teaches class members from around West Tennessee new leadership skills and strategies to assist communities. UT Martin faculty and staff can apply to participate in the Chancellor’s Leadership Academy, which welcomes its first cohort in fall 2025 and will provide an eight-month leadership-development experience to help grow future aspiring university leaders.

UT Martin maintains the safest campus environment possible through the university’s Department of Public Safety and ongoing educational efforts designed to enhance safety awareness for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. The main campus includes the new Latimer-Smith Engineering and Science Building that opened in spring 2023 and features more than 130,000 square feet of space that houses the university’s departments of engineering, computer science, chemistry and physics, and mathematics and statistics. Future facilities approved for construction include the new $57.5 million College of Business and Global Affairs building; construction beginning late this summer for the $18 million Tennessee Entrepreneurial Science and Technology (TEST) Hub; and design work starting for a new 400-bed student residence facility.

The University of Tennessee at Martin is tied for 20th place in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings that included 135 regional southern universities. In other U.S. News rankings in the Regional Universities-South category, UT Martin was tied for 8th in Top Public Schools and 7th in the Best Colleges for Veterans. The university finished in 24th place in the Best Value Schools category. UT Martin is also listed as a Best Regional College by The Princeton Review for the 22nd year.
The university competes in NCAA Division I in both men’s and women’s athletics and is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. The UT Martin rodeo team, the only collegiate rodeo team in Tennessee, is a member of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association.

The Opportunity

Under the direction of the Chancellor, the Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor is the chief academic officer for the University of Tennessee at Martin. The Provost provides strategic and operational leadership for all academic programs, supports a culture of teaching and scholarly excellence, and ensures academic integrity and innovation across all units. More than 80 specialized educational programs are administered by the deans of the