Linda R. Pratt
Executive Vice President and Provost


Linda Ray Pratt was appointed executive vice president and provost of the University of Nebraska on March 9, 2007, having served in an interim capacity since July 2006. A professor of English and former department chair at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she joined the faculty in 1968. She previously served as interim dean of the UNL College of Arts and Sciences, and also received the college's Distinguished Teaching Award. She received her bachelor's degree from Florida Southern College and her master's degree and Ph.D. from Emory University. She is a past national president of the American Association of University Professors and the Association of Departments of English. She chaired the 1997 University-wide Gender Equity Task Force and is a former chair of the UNL Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women. She currently chairs the National Academic Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the Modern Language Association of America.

In addition to scholarly publications in the field of Victorian and modern poetry, Dr. Pratt has written widely on subjects related to higher education, including academic freedom, policies on part-time and full-time faculty, management of academic institutions and the fiscal structure of higher education.

Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
Linda Pratt	Executive Vice President and Provost
Susan Fritz	Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Shannon Malousek	Office Associate
Marty Mahler	Nebraska P-16 Initiative Executive Director
Cathy Robertus	Executive Assistant to the Provost
Rich Sincovec	Senior Science Fellow
Rebecca Connor	Scholarship Specialist
Academic Affairs
Jeanne Holdren	Administrative Associate and Assistant Corporation Secretary
Institutional Research
Pete Lipins	Senior Analyst for Institutional Research
Kristin Yates	Assistant Vice President and Director of Institutional Research and Planning
Steven Romano	Institutional Research and Data Analyst
Diversity & Equity
Ed Wimes	Associate to the President, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources and Director of Equity & Diversity
International Affairs
Thomas Farrell	Vice Provost for Global Engagement
Online Worldwide
Mary Niemiec	Associate Vice President for Distance Education and Director, Online Worldwide
Jennifer Schrodt	Office Associate, Online Worldwide