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Teresa A. Sullivan
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Sociology
Teresa A. Sullivan became Provost and Executive Vice President for
Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan on June 1, 2006. She
is also Professor of Sociology in the College of Literature, Science,
and the Arts.
Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, Dr. Sullivan was
Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the University
of Texas System, a position she held from 2002 until May 2006. In
that role, she was the chief academic officer for the nine academic
campuses within the University of Texas System.
Her responsibilities included developing tuition-setting procedures,
initiating and supporting educational and research collaborations
among the various campuses, and developing external collaborations.
Dr. Sullivan first joined the University of Texas at Austin in 1975
as an instructor and then assistant professor in the Department of
Sociology. From 1977-81, she was a faculty member at the University
of Chicago. Dr. Sullivan returned to Texas in 1981 as a faculty member
in Sociology. In 1986 she was named to the Law School faculty as
well. Dr. Sullivan also held several administrative positions at
Texas including: Vice President and Graduate Dean (1995-2002), Vice
Provost (1994-95), Chair of the Department of Sociology (1990-92),
and Director of Women’s Studies (1985-87).
Dr. Sullivan’s research focuses on labor force demography,
with particular emphasis on economic marginality and consumer debt.
The author or co-author of six books and more than 50 scholarly articles,
her most recent work explores the question of who files for bankruptcy
and why. Dr. Sullivan has served as chair of the U.S. Census Advisory
Committee. She is past secretary of the American Sociological Association
and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
A graduate of James Madison College at Michigan State University,
Dr. Sullivan received her doctoral degree in sociology from the University
of Chicago.
Curriculum vitae - updated March 2009
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