President
Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez was appointed the seventh president of Utah Valley University in 2018 and is the institution’s first female president. She brings to UVU a broad and rich experience in academia, philanthropy, technology, and business. Born in a farming village in the Philippines, Tuminez moved with her parents and six siblings to the slums of Iloilo City when she was two years old, her parents seeking better educational opportunities for their children.
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Tuminez attended Brigham Young University, where she graduated summa cum laude in 1986 with a BA in international relations and Russian literature. She earned a master’s degree from Harvard University in Soviet Studies (1988) and a Ph.D. from MIT in political science (1996). She is the author of Russian Nationalism Since 1856. Ideology and the Making of Foreign Policy (Rowman and Littlefield, 2000); Rising to the Top? A Report on Women and Leadership in Asia (2012); book chapters; numerous op-eds and essays; and articles in the SAIS Review, Brown Journal of World Affairs, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Journal of Cold War Studies, etc.
Before coming to UVU, President Tuminez served as regional director of corporate, external, and legal affairs for Microsoft in Southeast Asia. She is also the former vice dean of research and assistant dean of executive education at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. She and her husband, Jeffrey S. Tolk, have three children. In her spare time, she enjoys running, dancing, and martial arts.
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dr. Wayne Vaught joined UVU on June 1, 2019. Prior to joining us, Dr. Vaught had a 21-year career at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he served as a professor and then dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Vaught’s primary research is in biomedical ethics, with a focus on ethical issues in pediatrics. He has published several papers in leading ethics journals, including The Hastings Center Report, The Journal of Clinical Ethics and Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. He is co-editor of Ethics Across the Professions, Oxford University Press.
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Provost Vaught is a native of Lexington, Kentucky. He and his wife, Eileen Amari-Vaught, have two daughters, Mia and Lauren. Wayne is also a basketball fan and has refereed at the high school and college levels. He loves living in Utah and enjoys, hiking, biking, camping, and all things outdoors.
President
Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs
Faculty Senate President and Associate Professor, Earth Science
Livestreaming via Microsoft Teams Channels
Dr. Leandra Hernandez, Assistant Professor, Communication; Dr. Mia Kang, Associate Professor, Elementary Education; Dr. Dianne McAdams-Jones, Professor, Nursing; Meg Singer, Program Director, Multicultural Student Services; Dr. Trevor Warburton, Assistant Professor, Secondary Education
Description
This workshop will provide an overview of racism in United States History, its cumulative effect on present day conflict, and implications for teaching.
Dr. Kat Brown, Associate Vice President for Academic Administration, Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, History and Political Science; Dr. Suzy Cox, University Retention, Tenure, Promotion and Appeals Committee Chair, Associate Professor, Secondary Education
Description
Do you have questions about the University's tenure process? Differences among departments, schools, and colleges can lead to misunderstandings and frustration with Policy 637, Faculty Tenure. At this discussion session, Dr. Brown and Dr. Cox and the audience will address misunderstandings and frustrations with requirements in the University's tenure policy and help you create your best expression of your academic self. Whether you are in the first or last year of the tenure process, come for an hour that could save a little (or a lot) of your sanity.
Jason Hill, Director, Learning Systems
Description
Setting up courses, designing assignments, and grading—who doesn’t wish these could be less tedious and more effective for you and your students? They can! Find out how using the tools within Canvas can make course set up, grading, and student-faculty interactions more meaningful and less time-consuming.
Livestreaming via Microsoft Teams Channels
Kat Brown, Associate Provost, Academic Administration
Matt Draper, Behavioral Science
Elena Garcia, Literacies and Composition
Julie Hayden, Academic Affairs
Dianne McAdams-Jones, Nursing
John Rees, Art and Design
Eric Russell, Emergency Services
Sowmya Selvarajan, Engineering Design Technology
Special thank you to John Rees for providing the imagery
(as of August 1, 2021)
