Meet the Executive Vice President and Provost
Wallace D. Loh, Executive Vice President and Provost
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also: selected areas of responsibility; What is a "provost"?
Wallace D. Loh was named executive vice president and provost of The University of Iowa effective August 1, 2008.
From 1999 to 2008 Loh served as dean of the college of arts and sciences, professor of public service, and professor of psychology at Seattle University. Previously, he was director of policy for Washington governor Gary Locke. He also was vice chancellor for academic affairs and professor of law at the University of Colorado, Boulder, from 1995-97. From 1990-95, he was dean of the University of Washington Law School and was voted by students as the "Outstanding Professor of the Year."
His other faculty appointments include positions at Cornell University; University of Texas, Austin; Vanderbilt University; Emory University; and Beijing University (China).
Loh's main areas of teaching and scholarship are law and social science. He is the author of "Social Research in the Judicial Process: Cases, Readings, and Text," and articles in both law and social science journals.
Loh has been president of the Association of American Law Schools and has served on various community boards, including serving as vice president of the Seattle Public Library.
Born in China and raised in Peru, Loh received a bachelor's degree and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Grinnell College and a master's from Cornell University, and he was a research assistant at the Universiteit te Leuven (Louvain, Belgium). His Ph.D. in psychology is from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his J.D. is from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal.
View Dr. Loh's curriculum vitae or see the news release announcing his appointment.
Provost Loh can be reached via e-mail at wallace-loh@uiowa.edu.
Selected areas of responsibility for the Provost:
- Chief Academic Officer
- Presidential advisor on all academic matters
- Strategic Planning
- Tenure and promotion
- Academic reviews
- Diversity efforts
- University administrative and budget policies
- Communication with faculty
- Appoint and provide leadership to Collegiate Deans, University Librarian, Dean of Continuing Education, Museum of Art Director, Chief Information Officer, and the Vice Provost and Associate Provosts
