Office of the Provost

Barbara Kaiser, David Fienen, and John Clementson

David Fienen has been appointed Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Gustavus Adolphus College for 2009-2011. He has responsibility for academic strategic planning and facilities planning, serves on the President’s Cabinet, works with the Faculty Senate, the Faculty Personnel Committee, and the College Budget Committee. He also has oversight of several academic support offices, represents the academic program to both internal and external constituencies, and works with Institutional Advancement to secure the resources needed to support the academic program.

Provost Fienen is joined in his work by two Associate Provosts: Barbara Kaiser is Dean of Academic Programs and John Clementson is Dean of the Faculty. The three work as a team, but a summary of individual specific responsibilities and committees is available online. The work of the office is supported by Shanon Nowell, Assistant to the Provost, and two Administrative Assistants, Judith Roberts and Leslie Weber.

Personnel
Name Title Phone    
David FienenProvost/Vice President for Academic Affairs507-933-7541profileweb
John ClementsonAssociate Provost and Dean of the Faculty507-933-7541profile 
Barbara KaiserAssociate Provost and Dean of Academic Programs507-933-7541profileweb
Shanon NowellAssistant to the Provost507-933-7541profile 
Judith RobertsAdministrative Assistant507-933-6223profile 
Leslie WeberAdministrative Assistant507-933-7675profile 
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I teach courses in nineteenth-century British literature, especially Victorian literature and culture. My teaching interests include women novelists (Austen, the Brontes, George Eliot, and Woolf), the culture of the 1890s, narrative theory, and Modernism. Currently, my research centers on Victorian novels and their representation of consciousness…

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