The University of New Mexico

06/04/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/04/2025 06:10

Rodriguez to serve as interim provost beginning July 3

Barbara Rodriguez, senior vice provost for academic affairs, has been selected as interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at The University of New Mexico starting July 3.

James Paul Holloway, who has been provost and executive vice president for academic affairs since 2019, will begin July 15 as president of the University of Toledo. His last day at UNM will be July 2.

Barbara Rodriguez named interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.

"Barbara is uniquely equipped to guide us during this transitional period," said President Garnett S. Stokes. "A distinguished scholar, experienced administrator, and respected member of the UNM community, she brings both strategic insight and a deep commitment to student achievement and inclusive excellence."

Rodriguez has been senior vice provost since 2018, overseeing faculty personnel matters, including tenure and promotion; faculty labor relations; and academic policies and procedures. She is also a professor of speech and hearing sciences at UNM and was chair of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences from 2012 to 2018.

Rodriguez became a UNM faculty member in 1999. She previously was a bilingual clinician throughout New Mexico, including in K-12 public education settings, and directed the UNM Speech Language and Hearing Clinic from 1992-1994.

She earned both her Bachelor of Arts in Communicative Disorders and master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology at UNM and her Ph.D. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Washington.

Additional information will be forthcoming about who will be assuming the senior vice provost duties in the Office of Academic Affairs while Rodriguez is serving in the interim provost role.

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