Assistant Provosts

Charisse provides professional and technical leadership to the provost and the chief of staff on projects to support the academic initiatives of the university and leads priority projects that are critical to the Office’s success and growth. Charisse is a native of Wisconsin, where she earned her master’s and doctoral degrees in education.

As assistant provost for inclusive excellence, Aurora contributes professional expertise and leadership recommendations to the provost and the provost’s leadership team on efforts regarding inclusive policies and practices. As a mixed methodologist, she conducts evaluations and assessments to provide evidence-based recommendations for programs housed in the Office of the Provost.  Although, Aurora also provides expert consultation […]

Angela is responsible for managing and directing key academic support projects for the Office of the Provost including the PhD program reviews and academic integrity. Serving as the Office of the Provost contact on numerous compliance topics including SARA, she manages the University wide reporting related to Graduate Education and advises our vice provosts on issues […]

Jessica Klingler Cissell is the Director of Graduate Programming and The Graduate Center in the Office of the Provost. In this role, Jessica sets the strategic direction for The Graduate Center, including the university-wide graduate fellowships, co-curricular and development programming for over 8,000 graduate and professional students. Jessica works closely with the Vice Provost for Graduate Education […]