Vice President and Chief Academic Officer - Brian Smentkowski
Brian Smentkowski
Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
Academic and Student Affairs
202 Butrovich Building Fairbanks, AK 99775-5000
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Dr. Brian Smentkowksi has been selected to serve as the university鈥檚 next vice president
and chief academic officer (VP/CAO). The VP/CAO serves as a member of the UA president鈥檚
executive team, providing academic leadership and strategic guidance to the President,
Board of Regents, and 91麻豆天美 system. Dr. Smentkowski joins UA from the University of Idaho,
where he was the founding director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning,
and also served as a professor of political science.
Dr. Smentkowski earned his B.A. in American politics from Marshall University, and
his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Kentucky. Prior to
the University of Idaho, he served as the director of the Center for the Advancement
of Faculty Excellence at Queens University of Charlotte; director of faculty and academic
development programming at Appalachian State University; and as a faculty member and
associate dean at Southeast Missouri State University. As a part of the transition,
Dr. Smentkowski will visit all three of UA鈥檚 universities in person in his first months.
Liaison Alaska College of Education Consortium
Associate Vice President Workforce Programs
Director Data Strategy & Institutional Research