Provost Search

The University of Delaware is seeking a distinguished scholar and experienced administrator to become its next Provost. WittKeiffer is assisting in the search. More information will be posted here as it becomes available.

Snow falls on the University of Delaware main campus in Newark, DE on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025.

Kim Blockett — Professor and Department Chair, Africana Studies, College of Arts & Sciences

Wendy Buckingham — Associate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Michael Chajes — Dean, Honors College; Interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

Christine Cucciarre — Professor, English, College of Arts & Sciences

Laura Desimone — L. Sandra and Bruce L. Hammonds Professor, Teacher Education, College of Education & Human Development

Donna Fontana — Board of Trustees Member

David Hannah — Business Administrator, Communication, College of Arts & Sciences

Martin Heintzelman — Professor and Department Chair, Applied Economics & Statistics, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

John Jebb — Associate Professor, English, College of Arts & Sciences

Stephanie Kuntz — Graduate Student Government President; doctoral student in Human Development & Family Sciences, College of Education & Human Development

Holly Michael — Unidel Fraser Russell Career Development Chair in the Environment, College of Earth, Ocean & Environment

Kawkab Rasheed — Associate Vice President of Academic Budgets

Jose-Luis Riera — Vice President of Student Life and Interim Chief Diversity Officer

Tracy Shickel — Associate Vice President of Corporate Engagement

Anu Sivaraman — Associate Professor, Marketing, Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics

Katherine Slough — Student Government Association President; senior in Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences

Wendy Smith — Dana J. Johnson Professor, Business Administration, Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics

Karen Stein — Associate Professor, Biden School of Public Policy & Administration

Yushan Yan — Henry B. du Pont Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering