Kwolek-Folland tapped as interim associate provost

February 21, 2007

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Angel Kwolek-Folland has been named interim associate provost, according to a statement made Tuesday by Provost Janie Fouke. Kwolek-Folland, associate dean for Centers, Institutes and International Affairs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will replace Joe Glover, who left the position to become interim dean of CLAS.

Kwolek-Folland came to the University of Florida in 2000 as the director of the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research. She is a professor of history and women’s studies, and in 2005, she was named an associate dean in CLAS. Before joining the faculty at UF, she was director of graduate studies and associate professor in the history department at the University of Kansas.

Besides associate dean and director of the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, Kwolek-Folland’s experience at UF has included chairing the NCAA Accreditation Subcommittee on Gender and Minority Equity, faculty representative on the Board for the University of Florida Foundation, and chairing the Provost and Faculty Senate Task Force on Faculty Quality of Life.

Kwolek-Folland received her B.A. in history and art history at the University of Missouri, Kansas City; her M.A. in history at Kansas State University; and her Ph.D. in history at the University of Minnesota.

Her duties will include serving as liaison with activities related to the Board of Governors and the Chancellor’s office and with issues related to faculty policy and assessment such as tenure and promotion, grievances and sustained performance. She also will participate in the Academic Personnel Board and assist in representing the administration in the Collective Bargaining activities.