Texas A & M University Provost Becomes Embry-Riddle Provost
and CAO
John Johnson, provost and vice
president for Academic Affairs at Texas A & M University -
Texarkana, has been named provost and chief academic officer (CAO)
at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
At Embry-Riddle, Dr. Johnson will oversee all academic matters
including appointment, evaluation, management, and promotion of the
faculty; the evaluation and development of curricula; and the
growth of scholarly research activity. Dr. Johnson will also
establish and maintain the quality of university-wide academic
activities assuring accreditation compliance and the evolution of
sound academic policy. He will work with the president, other
university officers, and the faculty to provide strategic direction
for the university. He will report directly to Embry-Riddle
President George Ebbs.
"John Johnson is the perfect person
to fill one of the most important positions within the university,"
Dr. Ebbs said. "He is an experienced faculty member with a strong
record of academic leadership. I will be looking to John to bring
the kind of innovative thinking to Embry-Riddle that made him so
successful at Texas A & M."
In his position at Texas A & M, Dr. Johnson was responsible
for the overall quality of instructional, research, and service
missions of the university, the development of new degree programs,
enhancement of scholarly productivity, personnel and budgetary
management of the academic affairs division, oversight of
programming and institutional accreditation, promotion of equal
opportunity and diversity, the development of distance education
and instructional technology, and providing leadership to ensure
institutional effectiveness in meeting academic goals and
objectives.
"I am very pleased with the opportunity to become part of the
Embry-Riddle family and to join a university with a world-wide
mission and reputation for excellence in aviation, aerospace
sciences and engineering," Dr. Johnson said. "Embry-Riddle is a
wonderful institution and well-positioned to move to the next
level. I believe that it is a good fit for me and that I can make a
difference in helping the university move forward."
Dr. Johnson's diverse academic background brings a new perspective
to Embry-Riddle's academic expansion goals. Before joining Texas A
& M in 1999, he was Dean of Health Professions at the Medical
University of South Carolina; Dean of Professional Studies at
Northern Kentucky University; Chairman of the Communications
Department at Lamar University; and Director of the Speech and
Hearing Clinic at Bowling Green State University.
Dr. Johnson has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the
speech and hearing sciences and biology since 1975 and is widely
published in his discipline. He received his B.A and M.S. degrees
from Florida State University, and the Ph.D. from Kent State
University.
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