Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost Search
The Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost (SVCAAP) will serve as the University’s chief academic officer for the LSU Flagship, which consists of the historic Baton Rouge A&M campus, LSU Agricultural Center, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans, LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Reporting to LSU Chancellor Jim Dalton and collaborating closely with the senior vice chancellors at Pennington Biomedical, the LSU AgCenter, LSU Health New Orleans, and LSU Health Shreveport, the successful candidate will be responsible for facilitating academic excellence and student success, promoting robust research and scholarly activity, and advancing a unified academic and research vision across the full Flagship University that reflects LSU’s role as the comprehensive, research-intensive multi-campus institution in the State of Louisiana.
The SVCAAP will ensure that LSU’s academic and research missions are aligned, coordinated, and positioned for national competitiveness. The role balances institutional ambition with operational clarity, strengthening academic quality and supporting faculty and students. The SVCAAP will serve as the academic “connective tissue” for the new LSU Flagship, working to foster alignment of academic strategy, research priorities, and educational outcomes across campuses while respecting the distinct missions of each unit. In close partnership with the leadership team, the SVCAAP will help translate University goals into coherent academic and student success execution. The role emphasizes collaboration, shared governance, and disciplined coordination, ensuring that LSU’s scale becomes a strategic advantage rather than a structural barrier.
Search Committee
- Dr. Vicki Colvin, Chair – Dean, College of Engineering
- Ashley Arceneaux – Chief of Staff to the Chancellor
- Dr. Demetrius Porche – Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, LSU Health New Orleans
- Dr. Kelly Pagidas – Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education & Administration, LSU Health Shreveport
- Dr. Ken Schafer – Boyd Professor of Physics
- Dr. Dan Tirone – Associate Professor and LSU A&M Faculty Senate President
- Quinneka McDonald – LSU A&M Staff Senate President
- Tommy Smith – Chief Financial Officer, LSU A&M
- Dr. Roland Mitchell – Dean, College of Human Sciences & Education
- Dr. Jason Collier – Associate Professor & Director, Islet Biology & Inflammation Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
- Manishq S. Goribidanur – Undergraduate Student, R. H. Ogden Honors College
- Quinn McCallum – Graduate Student, Museum of Natural Science, College of Science
- Dr. Matt Lee – Senior Vice Chancellor for Agriculture & Dean, College of Agriculture