Evolution-ecology chair Stanton named new vice provost
Professor Maureen Stanton, chair of the Department of Evolution and Ecology and the recipient of UC Davis’ top teaching prize in 2005, has been named vice provost of Academic Affairs.
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter, who made the appointment, said today (July 1): “I am honored to have Professor Stanton join me in the provost’s office, where she will not only lead our Academic Affairs operations, but also contribute to the strategic development of our teaching and research in support of the campus’s Vision of Excellence.”
Stanton joined the UC Davis faculty nearly 30 years ago and has become one of the world’s most influential evolutionary ecologists. Her research, in fact, will keep her from taking up the vice provost’s office until Jan. 1.
She had planned to be gone all of the 2011-12 academic year, on sabbatical, but instead will take only the fall quarter, doing research in California and Kenya.