Academic Personnel
University of California
Office of the President
1111 Franklin St., 11th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607-5200
(510) 987-9479
Susan Carlson was appointed Vice Provost for Academic Personnel at the University of California in 2010 after nearly 30 years as an administrator and faculty member at Iowa State University. Most recently, Dr. Carlson served as both Interim Provost and Associate Provost at Iowa State, where her responsibilities included faculty affairs, diversity, leadership initiatives, and academic restructuring. Dr. Carlson directed promotion and tenure policy, faculty recruitment and retention initiatives, flexible faculty career programs, faculty data collection, and university wide diversity initiatives. Working with the Faculty Senate, she developed policies for part-time appointments, faculty review and advancement, and non-tenure-eligible faculty. She served as the PI on two National Science Foundation-funded programs to diversify both the faculty and their research collaborations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematical disciplines. Dr. Carlson serves on the executive board for the Office of Women in Higher Education (American Council on Education), and she advises several NSF ADVANCE programs. As a faculty member, she has taught a wide range of courses in literature and authored two books and numerous publications on dramatic comedy, women playwrights, and British theatre. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. from the University of Oregon and a B.A. from the University of Iowa.