Christine W. Curtis

Professor and Vice Provost for Faculty Development

Christine Curtis has begun work as vice provost for faculty development, a new position and appointment that comprises part of the reorganization of the Provost's Office.

Curtis, who came to USC from Auburn University where she was a professor of chemical engineering, will have responsibility for all matters relating to faculty development, including coordinating tenure and promotion and post-tenure review. In addition, she will supervise endowed chairs, named professorships, and sabbaticals. She has responsibility for the Center for Teaching Excellence, and will oversee the Faculty Excellence Initiative, the effort to hire 150 new tenured and tenure-track faculty members at the Columbia campus.

"We needed someone to help steer development of the faculty workforce and Christine Curtis is eminently experienced in that area," said William T. "Ted" Moore, vice provost for academic affairs. "She will serve as the go-to person for virtually any matter pertaining to the faculty."

Moore said the reorganization was in response to the unprecedented growth in size of the University's faculty, the new kind of faculty who will be joining USC in the coming years, and the desire to make the provost's office more efficient and responsive to the needs of faculty..