As Provost and Dean of the Faculty I am the chief academic officer of the University and a member of the President's Cabinet.
I'm a historian of modern Russia specializing in the Soviet period and the history of nationalism and ethnicity and have taught courses on all aspects of Russian history, t
In my role as Associate Provost, I work in Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, a position supported by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest's Academic Leadership Fellowship and funded by the Mellon Foundation.
My name is Rose Theisen (pronounced Tyson). In the Provost Office, I work together with staff and relevant faculty committees to create and maintain the academic common data set, implement budget tracking, and undertake other data analysis projects.
I teach courses on the history and theory of photography, museum studies, global modernisms, and contemporary art. In addition to an active curatorial practice, I write about photography from Cuba and the Cuban diaspora.
