{"id":479,"date":"2021-09-24T16:14:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/provost\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T08:07:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:07:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/provost\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Provost"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Office of the Provost Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/provost\/about\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Interim Provost Jay Howard<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/provost\/leadership\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Academic Leadership<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/provost\/key-academic-dates\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Key Academic Dates<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/registrar\/academic-calendar-2025-2026\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Academic Calendar<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/provost\/resources\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty &#038; Staff Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/provost\/step\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Staff Training &#038; Enrichment Program<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/provost\/staff\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Provost Office Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/provost\/faculty-activity-report\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty Activity Report<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-interim-provost-jay-howard\">Interim Provost Jay Howard<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/15083957\/J.Howard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18229\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Interim Provost and Executive Vice President <br><strong>Jay Howard<\/strong>, Professor of Sociology, served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences before being named Interim Provost. In 2017-2019, he simultaneously served as Acting Dean of the College of Communication and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before joining Butler in 2010, Dr. Howard was with Indiana University\u2013Purdue University Columbus, serving as Interim Vice Chancellor and Dean (2007-2009), Assistant Dean for Budget and Planning (1999-2002), Head of the Division of Liberal Arts, and Professor of Sociology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Howard earned a bachelor\u2019s in Sociology from Indiana University South Bend (1988), and a master\u2019s (1990) and doctorate (1992) in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Howard\u2019s research interests range from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to religion and popular culture.&nbsp;His most recent book,&nbsp;<em>Discussion in the College Classroom: Getting Your Students Engaged and Participating in Person and Online<\/em>, was published by Jossey-Bass (2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Howard served as Deputy Editor of the American Sociological Association journal,&nbsp;<em>Teaching Sociology<\/em>&nbsp;(2003-2009). 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