Adrienne L. Martín has a new role in University Outreach and International Programs, or UOIP: interim vice provost.

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Martín, a professor of Spanish literature, has been the associate vice provost for international programs since January 2011. She now leads the office previously directed by Bill Lacy, who stepped down last month after 15 years as vice provost.

“I’m delighted and grateful that Adrienne has agreed to serve in this role,” said Ralph J. Hexter, provost and executive vice chancellor.

The office coordinates faculty, student and staff participation in international research, education and outreach, and also works with scholars and students from abroad. UOIP also builds international bridges by hosting senior-level delegations from universities and governments worldwide.

“Her long experience as a scholar of Spanish and her three years as an energetic and highly collaborative associate vice provost make her the right person to keep the campus moving forward during this time of transition,” Hexter said in announcing Martín’s appointment.

“She shares my commitment to building out our network of international relationships and expanding opportunities for students and scholars on our campus and around the world.”  

The office oversees UC Davis Study Abroad, Services for International Students and Scholars, Fulbright Scholar Programs, the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program and the Confucius Institute.

A recruitment advisory committee continues its work on choosing a permanent vice provost. Five candidates visited the campus during spring quarter, and other candidates may be invited for visits in the fall.

The appointee will lead an office with a proposed new name, Global Affairs, to go along with a more focused mission in line with the university’s strategy to increase UC Davis’ global impact and internationalization.

UC Davis “is becoming an increasingly important gateway to the dynamic world community,” Martín wrote in her welcome note on her office’s website.

“Students and faculty have a deepening awareness of our profound global interconnectedness,” she wrote. “Our students and faculty have a rich tradition of not only generating and disseminating knowledge but also putting it to work improving the lives of individuals and communities worldwide.”

Martín received master’s and doctoral degrees in romance languages and literatures from Harvard University and taught at Stanford for nine years before coming to UC Davis in 1996. She teaches undergraduate and graduate seminars in medieval and early modern Spanish literature: prose, poetry, drama and performance.

She formerly led the UC Davis Quarter Abroad program in Madrid, and did further work in Spain as the co-director of summer seminars funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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