Karleen joined the Provost's Office as Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs on August 8, 2022.
A member of the Geneseo faculty since 2014, Karleen advanced to the rank of associate professor in 2018, and to professor in 2021. She has a strong record of scholarship, teaching, and service, including receipt of a SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship (2021), the SUNY Geneseo Academic Affairs Outstanding Commitment to Geneseo's Value of Learning Award (2020), and, with Dr. Suann Yang, Professor of Biology, the SUNY FACT2 Award for Excellence in Instruction (2020).
Karleen has participated in a number of initiatives that align with our faculty-facing priorities in Academic Affairs. In her role as co-PI on an NSF ADVANCE grant program with COPLAC, Karleen has been working for the last several years on generating strategies for recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty. She also brings important leadership skills to her new role, particularly in her role as mentor of the Global Studies cluster and service as Faculty Fellow for Internationalization.
For more information, visit Karleen West on Academia.
