The University of Nevada at Las Vegas has announced three finalists for the position of executive vice president and provost. The candidates will all soon visit campus for a series of meetings with administrators, faculty, and students. One of the three candidates is a woman.
Anny Morrobel-Sosa is dean of the College of Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso. She has held that post since October 2007.
A native of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Morrobel-Sosa is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico, where she majored in physics and chemistry. She earned a master’s degree from Stony Brook University in New York and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. After conducting postdoctoral study at San Jose State University, Dr. Morrobel-Sosa joined the faculty at the University of Alabama. She later taught at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and Georgia Southern University.