Staff Listing
Meet Our Leadership Team
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Professor, Geological and Mining
Engineering Sciences Affiliated Professor, Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Specialties
Geoscience
Teacher Education
Evaluation and Assessment
Dean of Students and Associate Provost for Student Affairs
Specialties
Leadership for the delivery of student-centered programs
Associate Provost for Curriculum and Instruction Associate Professor, Materials Science
and Engineering
Specialties
Chairs Assessment Council
Coordinates General Education
Oversees Academic Advising
Assists with Faculty Development
Dean of the Graduate School Associate Provost for Graduate Education Professor, Chemistry
Specialties
Oversees all aspects of graduate education
Evaluates graduate programs and student outcomes
Meet Our Administrative Team
Chad Arney
Director Strategic Initiatives
Specialties
Supports the continued success and adoption of the faculty activity reporting system,
Activity Insight by Digital Measures
Campus lead for the partnership with Keypath Education
Advocate for the development of high-quality online degree programs
Faculty outreach, training, and support
Jean Straw DeClerck
Instructional Design & Assessment Specialist MS in Rhetoric & Technical Communications,
Michigan Technological University
Specialties
Designs and delivers workshops in instructional technologies, pedagogical practices
and course design
Provides advanced support for Canvas as well as other learning and collaboration tools
Assists faculty and programs in assessment plans that enable evidence-based action
for meeting learning goals
Promotes collegial, knowledge-sharing initiatives to improve instructional practices
across disciplines
Alexandria Guth
Director of Academic Accreditation and Compliance
Specialties
Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) to the Higher Learning Commission
Manages accreditation and compliance processes for online programs and courses
Geoscience Education
Robyn Johnson
Assistant to the Director, Strategic Initiatives
Specialties
Administrative lead for faculty reporting via Digital Measures
Faculty training and technical support
Data quality and consistency assurance
Specialties
Academic Affairs Support
Coordinate faculty promotion, tenure and reappointment process
Manage logistics for provost's office
Audrey Mayer
Assistant to the Provost for Academic Equity and Inclusion Associate Professor of
Ecology and Environmental Policy, SFRES Affiliated Associate Professor, Social Sciences
Specialties
Chairs the University Diversity Council and oversees the University Climate Study
Michigan Tech’s institutional diversity representative for APLU, MASU, and KCP
Promotes communication on diversity topics between the Senate and other offices and
groups
Assists with the development and implementation of opportunities for diversity minor
students and for participants and leaders of externally supported programs (such as
MICUP, KCP, and AGEP)
Alan Ollanketo
Manager of Finance and Planning
Specialties
Budget analysis
Analysis of Provost's initiatives
Analysis of data to create and communicate statistical information to the Board of
Trustees
Carrie Richards
Partner Engagement Program Manager
Specialties
Meets with partners to determine their interests and their family’s interests in order
to connect them with appropriate resources.
Assists departments with dual career partner orientation to the University and community.
Works with community employers to identify opportunities for dual career partners
Collaborates with Career Services and the SmartZone to connect partners with professional
development services
Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Specialties
Leads the Early Career Management program
Works with research staff members to identify priorities to support mid-career and
non tenure-track faculty
Coordinates staff in the Offices of the Provost and Vice President for Research in
order to host and recruit faculty for the Michigan Tech Research Forum
Heather Suokas
Finance and Planning Analyst
Specialties
Budget monitoring and planning for the student side of academic affairs
Assist Senior Finance and Planning Analyst with special projects
Manage and administer graduate student support
Shannon Vairo
Executive Support Assistant
Specialties
General office support
Assists with tracking and monitoring of endowed positions
Provides support to the Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development and the Assistant
to the Provost for Academic Equity and Inclusion
