{"126181":{"#nid":"126181","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cozzens Named Vice Provost of Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a leadership reorganization of the Office of the Provost last December, two new vice provost positions emerged to serve the various populations of Georgia Tech in their academic endeavors. This summer, Susan Cozzens will assume one of those roles as the Institute\u2019s first vice provost for graduate education and faculty affairs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe position involves advocacy for three groups I have been committed to for a long time: faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars,\u201d Cozzens said. \u201cThe special opportunity at this time is to create a new vision for graduate education, which is the projected growth area for the Institute.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECozzens comes from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, where she is associate dean for research and faculty development, a professor in the School of Public Policy and director of the Technology Policy Assessment Center. She previously served as chair of the School of Public Policy, in various roles at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and as director of the National Science Foundation\u2019s Office of Policy Support.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Susan has been a strong advocate for faculty and graduate students throughout her career, and understands the issues, policies and opportunities related our students, faculty and postdoctoral researchers,\u0022 said Rafael Bras, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. \u0022This experience will be invaluable in developing a focused approach that enables us to make the appropriate investments in these groups.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECozzens will exit her role as associate dean and reduce her teaching workload but maintain advisement of doctoral students and current research involvement, including an NSF-supported endeavor focused on women in U.S. science policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am particularly looking forward to working with the great team in the Office of the Provost, who are full of vision and energy and are leading us towards a whole new Georgia Tech for the 21st century,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong Cozzens\u2019 new duties will be overseeing and coordinating faculty hiring and career progression, postdoc initiatives and career planning, and graduate student admission processes and policies \u2014 all with the goal of attracting and retaining the best faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERay Vito, vice provost for graduate and undergraduate studies, has served as interim in the graduate education and faculty affairs role since December. Cozzens will officially take over June 1.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESusan Cozzens will assume her new role in the Office of the Provost on June 1.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Susan Cozzens will assume her new role in the Office of the Provost on June 1."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2012-04-25 15:41:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:04","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"126171":{"id":"126171","type":"image","title":"Susan Cozzens","body":null,"created":"1449178604","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:44","changed":"1475894749","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:49","alt":"Susan Cozzens","file":{"fid":"194513","name":"susancozzens.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/susancozzens_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/susancozzens_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":164475,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/susancozzens_0.jpg?itok=tMgM-6Wj"}}},"media_ids":["126171"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/aboutus\/faculty\/susancozzens","title":"Dr. Susan Cozzens"},{"url":"http:\/\/provost.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of the Provost"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"9213","name":"Office of the Provost"},{"id":"167078","name":"School of Public Policy"},{"id":"167712","name":"Susan Cozzens"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jennifer.herazy@provost.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJennifer Herazy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of the Provost\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}