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Carol Long

Provost and Senior Vice President

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Contact Information

Salem Campus

Address
University Center 310
900 State Street
Salem  Oregon  97301
U.S.A.
Phone
503-370-6623

Biography

Carol S. Long is Provost and Senior Vice President. She helps to enhance collaboration among the schools of Willamette University and between student and academic affairs. A Professor of English at Willamette for over 30 years, she also served as department chair, associate dean, and dean in the College of Arts & Sciences before leaving in 2009 to become Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the State University of New York College at Geneseo. She also served as Interim President at Geneseo for two years before returning to Willamette in August of 2016.

Her research and publications are primarily in the areas of twentieth century British and American literature, the rhetoric of science, and academic administration. Her major foci in administration are strategic planning and governance, curriculum, internationalization, and digital learning. She currently serves on the Salem Advisory Committee of the Oregon Symphony and is also a member of the Tokyo University of America Board of Directors.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Pomona College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in literature from Northwestern University.