Governance
Workstreams and Committees
The strategic academic planning is executed using committees and representative members across the university.
Academic Strategy Steering Committee
Workstreams
Each of the four Workstreams represents one of the four high-level goals in the academic strategy: research; undergraduate education; graduate, professional, and postdoctoral programs; and societal engagement and impact. The Workstreams foster crosscutting strategic alignment, information, and collaborative workflow in their designated areas, and propose priorities and potential initiatives for NYUAD’s growth and development. The workstreams have an operational role to undertake as well as a strategic trajectory.
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The Senior Academic Leadership Team brings together the academic leadership for information sharing, deliberation, and debate on the alignment of the academic strategy and resource allocation with regard to the priorities and recommendations brought forward by the Workstreams and other groups. The Leadership Team is advisory to the Provost.
Members
Name Title Arlie Petters (Chair) Provost Azza Aboudzied Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement and Engagement; Associate Professor of Computer Science Fatma Abdulla Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategy and Planning Awam Amkpa Dean, Arts and Humanities Francesco Arneodo Interim Dean of Science; Professor of Physics Sami Bashir Senior Research Scientist and Vice Provost of Research Translation and Entrepreneurship Alizeh Batra Senior Director, Accreditation and Curricular Affairs Ron Berry Senior Director, Library Services Carol Brandt Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Education & Outreach Amol Dani Chief Operating Officer Erich Dietrich Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education; Clinical Professor of History Veronica Donahue Vice Provost, Executive & Professional Education Paula England Dean of Social Science Sehamuddin Galadari Senior Vice Provost of Research; Managing Director, Research Institute Carol Genetti Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs Kennedy Kangyang'onda Head of Academic Resource Management and Fiscal Affairs Martin Klimke Vice Provost Sunil Kumar Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs; Professor of Mechanical Engineering Marta Losada Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Research and Senior Vice Provost of Research; Professor of Physics Samer Madanat Dean of Engineering Niki Maphosa Assistant Provost, Academic Administration, Resource Planning, and Implementation Naomi Munro Executive Director, Office of Academic Appointments Rima Al-Awar Vice Provost of Research Innovations and Commercialisation and Senior Research Scientist Rob Salomon Dean of Business Alex Sumner Senior Director of the Academic Strategy Planning, Engagement, and Communication Fatiah Touray Assistant Vice Chancellor, Global Access and Engagement Richard Tucker Senior Director, Institutional Research -
Members Marta Losada (Chair) Awam Amkpa Francesco Arneodo Paula England Sehamuddin Galadari Samer Madanat Rob Salomon Alex Sumner -
Members Carol Brandt (Co-chair) Erich Dietrich (Co-chair) Awam Amkpa Ron Berry Camilla Boisen Mohammed Daqaq Evgeniya Efremova Valentina Lopez Michael Martinez Lolowa Al Marzooqi Maximillian Mihm Aisha Al Naqbi Adam Ramey Mahmoud Rasras Hisham Sati Jon Sprouse Alex Sumner Fatiah Touray Baishakhi Taylor Marion Wrenn -
Members Sunil Kumar (Chair) Fatma Abdulla Awam Amkpa Francesco Arneodo Paula England Sehamuddin Galadari Saif Jabari Samer Madanat Maximillian Mihm Susan Ossman Piergiorgio Percipalle Barbara Scheck Alex Sumner -
Members Awam Amkpa (Co-chair) Sami Bashir (Co-chair) Richard Tucker (Co-chair) Fatma Abdulla Maya Allison Bill Bragin Carol Brandt Dana Downey Paula England Sehamuddin Galadari Nouf Ali Al Hamly Ramesh Jagannathan Samer Madanat Monica Menendez Piergiorgio Percipalle Beth Russell Joanne Settle Alex Sumner Baishakhi Taylor