Alicia Slater has been named vice president for academic affairs and provost at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. She will begin her new role on July 1.
Dr. Slater comes to her new role from Marist University in Poughkeepsie, New York, where she has been serving as senior associate provost, dean of science, and professor of biology. Before joining the Marist community in 2018, she spent 16 years on the faculty at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. Dr. Slater’s current research interests include the scholarship of teaching and learning, particularly learner-centered pedagogies. She has also published extensively on the geographic distribution of and genetic variation in freshwater invertebrates.
“I was drawn to this opportunity by Rollins’ dedication to the liberal arts and its teacher-scholar model, focus on student success, and innovative approach to general education,” said Dr. Slater. “Our society urgently needs graduates who can think critically, communicate effectively, engage constructively across differences, and are committed to lifelong learning.”
A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Slater earned both her master’s degree and Ph.D. in biology from Virginia Tech. After completing her doctorate, she conducted research at Griffith University in Australia as a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow.