UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - Key Persons
I provide guidance on academic HR processes and appointment issues, academic personnel-related transactions in Workday, Interfolio academic job requests, and support for postdoctoral scholars.
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- Policy and Administration Analyst
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- Senior Reporting & Data Analyst
I can field questions on academic personnel reports and data requests.
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- Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
- Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement / Professor, Department of English / Adjunct Professor, Department of American Indian Studies
- Executive Leadership
- Professor
Chadwick Allen, PhD, is a distinguished scholar and administrator at the University of Washington. He currently serves as the Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, where he oversees the Office for Faculty Advancement (OFA). In this role, Professor Allen is dedicated to promoting the hiring, retention, and success of a diverse and inclusive faculty. He collaborates closely with the Office of Academic Personnel (OAP) and the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity (OMA&D) to implement the university-wide Diversity Blueprint and support the Faculty Code's recognition of excellence in research, teaching, and service that promotes diversity and equity.
Professor Allen received his B.A. from Harvard University in 1987, his M.F.A. from Washington University in 1990, and his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 1997.
His scholarship centers on contemporary American Indian and global Indigenous literatures, other expressive arts, and activism. He is the author of several influential books, including Blood Narrative: Indigenous Identity in American Indian and Maori Literary and Activist Texts (Duke UP, 2002), Trans-Indigenous: Methodologies for Global Native Literary Studies (U of Minnesota P, 2012), and Earthworks Rising: Mound Building in Native Literature and Arts (U of Minnesota P, 2022). Additionally, he is a co-editor, with Beth Piatote, of The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, a special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly (2013). Besides his primary focus on Indigenous self-representation, Professor Allen has a keen interest in US frontier literature and popular westerns, with extensive writings on the Lone Ranger and Tonto. In 2018, along with other stakeholders, Professor Allen helped launch the UW's Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies (CAIIS).
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- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
- Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development
- Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development / Professor, Global Health
- Executive Leadership
Deepa Rao, Ph.D., M.A. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is the Director of the MPH program in the Department of Global Health. Her professional interests are in implementing and disseminating effective behavioral interventions in non-psychiatric settings to improve mental health, reduce stigma, and help people better engage in the care.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
- Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel
- Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel / Professor and Associate Chair of Physics / Director of Nanotechnology PhD Program
- Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel / Professor of Physics / Adjunct Professor of Chemistry
- Executive Leadership
Marjorie Olmstead is an accomplished academic holding the positions of Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, Professor of Physics, and Adjunct Professor of Chemistry. With a rich educational background including a Ph.D. and M.S. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. in Physics from Swarthmore College, her research has focussed on the exploration of crystalline interface formation between dissimilar materials and the resultant ultra-thin films and on the unique properties of crystals containing intrinsic vacancies. Within the Office of Academic Personnel, she supports faculty throughout their careers from onboarding of new arrivals, through promotion and tenure, to their development as leaders. She also utilizes institutional data to inform academic policy development.
At the University of Washington, Marjorie previously served as Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs and Undergraduate Faculty Advisor in the Department of Physics, overseeing one of the largest undergraduate physics programs in the United States. She also served as Director of the interdisciplinary Nanotechnology Dual-Titled PhD Program, one of the nation's first nanotechnology graduate programs. She has also been active on several Faculty Senate committees and councils. Prior to joining the University of Washington, Prof. Olmstead was on the physics faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the research staff at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. Marjorie's contributions to physics have been recognized with prestigious awards such as the American Physical Society Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, the American Vacuum Society Peter Mark Memorial Award, a Humboldt Foundation Research Award, and a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award; she has also been privileged to receive the student-selected departmental teaching award on three occasions.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
- Vice Provost for Academic Personnel
I can field questions on status inquiries for submitted visa requests and provide information on UW-sponsored J amendment, J extension, and add J-2 dependent requests. Additionally I can assist with questions on visa request invoicing and corrections.
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- Senior Software Specialist
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- Assistant to the Vice Provost for Academic Personnel
I can field questions on appointments and policy, employee relations, and leave without pay.
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- Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Personnel
- Executive Leadership
Margaret "Peg" Stuart has served the UW community as Assistant Vice Provost in the Office of Academic Personnel (OAP) since 2017. Drawing on 30+ years in education administration, Peg plays a key role in shaping strategic initiatives, and ensures OAP operations and services align with UW priorities and values. Key functional areas under her leadership include the Academic Human Resources, International Scholars Operations, and Project & Innovation Management teams. She is passionate about reformative and transformative work, especially projects that improve access, usability, and proficiency, and opportunities to remove systemic barriers for women and girls. She holds a master's degree in Higher & Postsecondary Education, is a band geek through and through, and is the proud mom of a current Husky undergrad.
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- International Scholar Advisor
I can field questions regarding UW H-1B scholars, J-1 scholars, UW-sponsored permanent residence, and present-day UW sponsorship practices.
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- Assistant
- Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Personnel
- Executive Leadership
Shelley Kostrinsky serves as the Assistant Vice Provost for the Office of Academic Personnel at the University of Washington, overseeing compliance, policy, and employee relations. With more than 15 years of experience in higher education administration, Shelley plays a crucial role in helping chairs, deans, chancellors, administrators (and others) understand and navigate the faculty code and other UW policy, which is essential for their unit's overall professional success. Shelley also plays a critical role in OAP through her work as a member of a myriad of UW stakeholder committees. She holds a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Rutgers Law School and a B.A. in Political Science from The Pennsylvania State University. Prior to joining OAP, she served as an Assistant Attorney General in the University of Washington division, as well as a trial attorney handling labor and employment matters law in New York and Washington.
Job Titles:
- International Scholar Advisor
I can field questions regarding UW H-1B scholars, J-1 scholars, UW-sponsored permanent residence, and present-day UW sponsorship practices.
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- Business Partner
- Vice Provost of Research
I can field questions on appointments and policy, employee relations, and leave without pay.