Sarah Ellis
Vice Provost for Faculty; Professor of Music Theory, University of Oklahoma
As Vice Provost, Sarah Ellis oversees key areas of Academic Affairs that support faculty success, including annual evaluation, tenure and promotion, and post-tenure review processes. She leads chair and director and faculty leadership development initiatives and contributes to the development and implementation of faculty-related policies and procedures. She also serves as the Provost’s Office Liaison to Chairs, Directors, and Associate Deans. Her portfolio includes the Center for Faculty Excellence, the Writing Center, and the Provost’s Office Faculty Affairs and Finance team. As a researcher, her interests have centered on the creation of meaning within musical works. Much of her work has focused on understanding the hermeneutics of Dmitri Shostakovich’s repertoire through his manipulation of post-Beethovenian semiotic space.