Meet the Executive Vice President and Provost
Wallace D. Loh
See
also: selected areas of responsibility; What is a "provost"?
A PDF version of Provost Loh's bio is available.
Wallace D. Loh was appointed Executive Vice President and Provost, and Professor of Law, at the University of Iowa in August 2008.
Previous administrative positions:
- Dean, University of Washington Law School
- The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculties,
University of Colorado at Boulder - Director of Policy, Office of the Governor (The Hon. Gary Locke), State of Washington
- Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Seattle University
Faculty positions:
Professor at: The University of Washington, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, University of Houston, University of Texas—Austin, Cornell University, Beijing University (China), and University of Colorado—Boulder.
His teaching and research areas are criminal law and law and social science. Prior to his academic career, he worked in corporate law firms in New York and San Francisco, and was a researcher at the American Bar Foundation (Chicago).
He was President of the Association of American Law Schools, the learned society of the academic legal profession. He was elected Outstanding Professor of the Year by the students of the University of Washington. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Grinnell College.
He has served on various community boards, including Vice President of the Board of the Seattle Public Library.
Education:
- High school in Lima, Peru
- B.A., Grinnell College
- M.A., Cornell University
- Ph.D., The University of Michigan—Ann Arbor
- J.D., Yale Law School (Editorial Board, Yale Law Journal)
Provost Loh can be reached via e-mail at wallace-loh@uiowa.edu.
Selected communications:
- Changing the Culture of High-Risk Drinking - November 11, 2009
- Academic Vision and Planning, 2010-2015 - September 29, 2009
- Announcement of competitive ARRA awards - August 14, 2009
- Update on strategic planning and budgeting - May 21, 2009
- Academic budgeting for FY 2010 - January 28, 2009
- Greetings to the University Community, August 8, 2008
Selected areas of responsibility for the Provost:
- Chief Academic Officer
- Presidential advisor on all academic matters
- Strategic Planning
- Tenure and promotion
- Academic reviews
- Diversity efforts
- University administrative and budget policies
- Communication with faculty
- Appoint and provide leadership to Collegiate Deans, University Librarian, Dean of Continuing Education, Museum of Art Director, Chief Information Officer, and the Vice Provost and Associate Provosts
