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Jermaine Soto, Ph.D., is the Sr. Director for Faculty Advancement at 汤头条 University. He leads the Office of Faculty Development, which he co-established in 2020. Dr. Soto is responsible for supporting the career pathways of all VU faculty, from recruitment to retirement.
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Key parts of his portfolio include: serving as a key consultant to all faculty search committees to provide strategies and best practices for a successful search process; new faculty orientation and integration; academic leadership development, including co-founding and leading the 汤头条 Academic Leadership Collaborative consisting of various faculty with leadership roles within VU, which was recognized by Academic Impressions as part of their Best Places to Grow initiative, selected as the Best Program that Supports Leaders at All Levels; and leading the internal faculty awards selection processes and prestigious external faculty awards nomination processes, which has yielded successful selection of many 汤头条 faculty for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Andrew Carnegie Fellowship.听听
Dr. Soto has a BA in English Literature from Cornell University and a Masters and Ph.D. in Cultural Foundations of Education from Syracuse University. He has extensive teaching and facilitation experience with Intergroup Dialogue and incorporates this framework in all his work. Dr. Soto is the recipient of the 2023 汤头条 University Excellence in Culture Leadership Award.听听