Office of the Provost

Supporting Academic Excellence

The Office of the Provost is responsible for the growth and enrichment of the academic life of Fordham University. In consultation with the faculty and under the auspices of the President and the Board of Trustees, we promote the academic mission of the University's ten colleges and schools. Learn more about us.

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Meet Dennis C. Jacobs, Ph.D.

Dennis C. Jacobs is the University’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. As the institution’s chief academic officer, he works to enhance Fordham’s array of outstanding educational programs, promote high-impact research activities, and cultivate a community of distinguished teaching scholars across the University’s nine undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools.

Meet the Provost

Our Work

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Our Faculty

Scholars and Mentors. Think of our faculty as your guides.

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Academics

Fordham is a world-class comprehensive research institution.

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Jesuit and Inclusive

Who we are determines what we do. We seek knowledge and engage with society.

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Academic Initiatives

Your education is dynamic, challenging you to understand contexts as much as concepts.

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Governance

We exercise faculty responsibilities for university governance through standing and ad hoc committees.

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Middle States Accreditation

Fordham University is a member of the Middle States Association of the Commission of Higher Education.

Our Faculty in the News

Hispanic Heritage Spotlight: Faculty Films Illuminate the Latin American Experience

Hispanic Heritage Spotlight: Faculty Films Illuminate the Latin American Experience

It’s Hispanic Heritage Month, and two Fordham professors have recently completed films that bring the Latin American experience to life.  Jenn Lilly, Ph.D., and Rose M. Perez, Ph.D., both of …

New Book Explores Nina Simone through the Lens of Fantasy 

New Book Explores Nina Simone through the Lens of Fantasy 

What is left to say about Nina Simone, a musician whose life and work have been chronicled by numerous biographies, documentaries, and exhibits?  According to professor Jordan Alexander Stein, Ph.D., …

National Science Foundation Awards Fordham Researcher $400K to Study Ethics and Neurotechnology

National Science Foundation Awards Fordham Researcher $400K to Study Ethics and Neurotechnology

Neurotechnology has the potential to transform medicine, with proponents hailing it as a promising tool for helping patients recover from traumatic brain injuries, restore hearing, and more.  But like AI, …

In New Book, Fordham Professors Show How Mutuality Approach Empowers Migrants

In New Book, Fordham Professors Show How Mutuality Approach Empowers Migrants

At a time when migrants are popping up in many public conversations, some of them heated, two Fordham professors have published a book that gives the mic to the migrants …

Which Trees Make You Sneeze?

Which Trees Make You Sneeze?

Guy Robinson, Ph.D., maintains and collects pollen samples from the city's only official pollen monitoring station, located at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus. Photo by Rafael Villa.

Water and Migration: Professor Studies Drought-Impacted Communities in Mali

Water and Migration: Professor Studies Drought-Impacted Communities in Mali

Isaie Dougnon, Ph.D., an associate professor of French and Francophone studies and international humanitarian affairs, has spent the last few months running a research project that hits close to home— …

Fordham Employees Celebrated for Decades of Service

Fordham Employees Celebrated for Decades of Service

Their first days at Fordham took place in a vastly different world. Forty years ago, there were pay phones in the lobby of each dorm. University offices used IBM electric …

Just Like Humans, AI Has Biases. Two Fordham Professors Received Nearly $500K to Study Them.

Just Like Humans, AI Has Biases. Two Fordham Professors Received Nearly $500K to Study Them.

Ruhul Amin, Ph.D., and Mohamed Rahouti, Ph.D., assistant professors of computer and information science at Fordham, were awarded a $493,000 grant from the Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council to …

Studying Caribbean Migration and Movement: A Q&A with Professor and Author Tyesha Maddox

Studying Caribbean Migration and Movement: A Q&A with Professor and Author Tyesha Maddox

For Tyesha Maddox, Ph.D., Caribbean migration is a personal topic; her mom is from St. Lucia and her dad’s family is from North and South Carolina. “I was always really …

Four Ways Everyone Can (and Should) Be an Entrepreneur

Four Ways Everyone Can (and Should) Be an Entrepreneur

Dennis Hanno is a CEO, former college president, and clinical associate professor teaching several entrepreneurship courses at the Gabelli School of Business. He’s also a self-described Swiftie. ”That’s an entrepreneur. …

Should America’s Primary System Be Reformed?

Should America’s Primary System Be Reformed?

A Fordham democracy expert says the U.S. election process needs federal intervention The 2024 presidential election is likely to be the first time since 1892 that an incumbent president is …