FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Kate Mamiseishvili, who currently serves as the associate dean for academic and student affairs in the College of Education and Health Professions, has been named the interim vice provost for academic affairs at the U of A, effective Aug. 23, 2021. 

Mamiseishvili takes over for Terry Martin, who recently was appointed interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.

“I am honored and humbled to be joining the provost’s team,” Mamiseishvili said. “I’m grateful to Dr. (Terry) Martin for his confidence in me to take on this new role in the interim. I look forward to working with him to advance our campus’ academic goals and support our faculty, staff and students.”

Mamiseishvili has been the associate dean for academic and student affairs in the College of Education and Health Professions since 2017. As part of her associate dean duties, she coordinated academic operations of the college, including accreditation and program reviews, academic planning, curriculum management, faculty affairs, student success and academic integrity.

Prior to this role, from 2013 to 2017, she served as department head of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders, leading a unit that was composed of seven academic programs and the Speech and Hearing Clinic, over 40 faculty members and 800 students.

Mamiseishvili joined the U of A in 2008 and is a professor of higher education. In her tenure as a faculty member at the U of A, she was inducted into the Teaching Academy; was awarded the College of Education and Health Professions’ Rising S.T.A.R. and S.T.A.R. Faculty Awards for her all-around outstanding performance in teaching, research, advising and service; was recognized as an Outstanding Mentor by the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards; and was selected as a fellow of the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program. Her research has focused on faculty productivity, job satisfaction and student persistence.

Before arriving in Fayetteville, Mamiseishvili received her Ph.D. and M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from the University of Missouri and a bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from the Akaki Tsereteli State University in the country of Georgia.

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