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Vice Provost and Dean of the Libraries
The University seeks a distinguished academic administrator to serve as the next Vice Provost and Andrew H. & Janet Dayton Neilly Dean of the University of Rochester Libraries. Reporting to the Provost, this position will oversee the University’s River Campus Libraries, a system spanning numerous locations and collections that serve the academic and research mission of the University.
Search committee and firm
A University-wide search committee has been established to help evaluate candidates for this position. The University has also acquired the search firm DSG | Storbeck to assist in the position search.
- Wendi Heinzelman (CHAIR): Dean of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
- Hsin-Yun Cheng: PhD candidate in Visual and Cultural Studies / Graduate Program Assistant at the Rossell Hope Robbins Library
- Ajay Anand: Professor and Deputy Director, Goergen Institute for Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
- Charlie Bush: Assistant Dean for Grants and Contracts, School of Arts & Sciences and Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
- Jonathan Sauceda: Associate Dean and Head of the Sibley Music Library and Associate Professor of Musicology
- Jennifer Raynor: Associate Dean, Miner Libraries
- Maggie Dull: Assistant Dean, Scholarly Resources and Curation
- Ray Henry: Director of Digital Initiatives, River Campus Libraries
- Randy Whitestone: Alumnus (BA ’83, P ’19) and a member of the Libraries National Council
- Barbara Burger: Trustee and the Chair of the Library National Council
- Karma Frierson: Assistant Professor of Black Studies
- Aashay Mardikar: Junior-year undergraduate student majoring in Biochemistry (Class of 2026)
- Erin Allen: Alumnus and member of the Libraries National Council
- Aaron Hughes: Dean’s Professor of the Humanities, Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Jewish Studies, Dept. of Religion and Classics
for the community
Seeking your input and feedback
The search committee is seeking input from the University of Rochester community about this position. You can attend an upcoming listening session, complete our online survey, or email your thoughts to our partner search consultant, Matthew Bunting, from Storbeck Search at m.bunting@storbecksearch.com.