Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement

The Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement promotes and nurtures a vibrant climate of inclusive excellence through creative collaboration with University partners. Our primary focus is on fostering faculty development, diversity, planning and community-building initiatives that will allow faculty to thrive.

Faculty Diversity and Inclusion

Faculty Advancement

Office of Work/Life

Faculty Diversity and Inclusion

Faculty Diversity Data

We organize faculty diversity data and support data-driven plans to identify spaces where initiatives are needed to improve faculty recruitment, development, and retention, and to track progress.

Collaborative Partner

Columbia’s commitment to diversity is supported by a variety of offices and initiatives. We create programs in collaboration with these units to promote faculty development and success.

Build Diverse Pipeline

Columbia is home to many programs that serve as a bridge for underrepresented minority and female candidates to advance from undergraduate to graduate studies as well as graduate studies to faculty positions.

Advisory Council

The Provost's Advisory Council for the Enhancement of Faculty Diversity was established to attract, advance, and retain a diverse faculty of outstanding female and underrepresented minority scholars.

Faculty Recruitment

We support diversity plans and assist in meeting placement goals established in University affirmative action programs, by advancing recruitment of outstanding minority and women scholars.

Junior Faculty Awards

Each academic year, the Office of The Provost recognizes excellence among the University's junior faculty.

Mid-Career Faculty Awards

Each academic year, the Office of The Provost recognizes excellence among the University's mid-career faculty.

Faculty Advancement

New Faculty Resources

Whether you're new to New York City or just new to our campus, find essential information for new faculty here.

Faculty Career Development Sessions

Explore workshops and seminars that focus on career success and promotion for faculty.

The Teaching Hour Series

The Teaching Hour series aims to foster a teaching community among Columbia’s underrepresented and diverse faculty population.

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity

The NCFDD is a nationally-recognized independent organization dedicated to supporting faculty, post-docs, and graduate students in making successful transitions throughout their careers.

Faculty Mentoring Award

The Faculty Mentoring Award recognizes senior faculty who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to faculty mentoring through their work with tenure-track and mid-career faculty in developing their careers.

Cover of ODF, white text on dark blue background, reading: Guide to Best Practices in Faculty Search and Hiring

Cover of ODF, white text on black background, reading: Guide to Best Practices in Faculty Mentoring

Guide to Best Practices in Faculty Retention

Cover of guide, white text on dark blue background, reading: Guide to Best Practices for Departmental Climate

Office of Work/Life

Columbia University’s Office of Work/Life fosters the well-being of the Columbia community and its people in their pursuit of meaningful and productive academic, personal and work lives.

Our Team

Dennis Mitchell, wearing a dark gray suit, white dress shirt, and glasses, smiles into the camera in front of a charcoal gray background

Dennis A. Mitchell, DDS, MPH

Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
Professor of Dental Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center
dmitchell@columbia.edu
(212) 854-7161

Shana Lassiter, wearing a fuchsia sweater and glasses

Shana L. Lassiter, EdD

Assistant Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion
slassiter@columbia.edu
(212) 851-2709

Head shot of Adina Berrios Brooks, Assistant Provost for Faculty Advancement

Adina Berrios Brooks, MA

Assistant Provost for Faculty Advancement
adina@columbia.edu
(212) 854-7285

Amy P. Rabinowitz, EdD

Associate Provost and Director, Office of Work/Life
apr2010@columbia.edu
(212) 854-9033

Kristen Barnes

Assistant Director for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion
kb2916@columbia.edu
212-854-0336

Jennifer Leach

Assistant Director for Faculty Advancement
jlm2033@columbia.edu
(212) 854-0434

Angela N. Garcia

Administrative Manager
ag3694@columbia.edu
(212) 854-7165

News and Announcements

January 16, 2020

Columbia’s Guide to Best Practices in Departmental Climate

The Office of the Provost is pleased to share Columbia’s newly-released Guide to Best Practices in Departmental Climate, an invaluable resource to help create a supportive, inclusive environment.

Junior Faculty Awardee Profile: Allie Obermeyer, PhD

"I've been interested in the interface between chemistry, biology and engineering: how can we use our understanding of chemical matter to change or alter or understand biological systems? I think there's a lot of power in that."

Junior Faculty Awardee Profile: Andres Bendesky, MD, PhD

"Since I came here to Columbia, I’ve been following that work on the parental behavior from both a genetics and a neurobiology perspective. We have also expanded to studying aggression, first in chickens, in which we are going to try to identify a genetic basis of their aggression in chickens bred for fighting for hundreds to thousands of years."