Wallace D. Loh, University of Iowa

Wallace D. Loh was named executive vice president and provost of The University of Iowa effective August 1, 2008.  From 1999 to 2008 Loh served as dean of the college of arts and sciences, professor of public service, and professor of psychology at Seattle University.  Previously, he was director of policy for Washington Governor Gary Locke.  He was also vice chancellor for academic affairs and professor of law at the University of Colorado, Boulder, from 1995-97.  From 1990-95, he was dean of the University of Washington Law School and was voted by students as the "Outstanding Porfessor of the Year." 

His other faculty apointmenst include positions at Cornell University; University of Texas, Austin; Vanderbilt University; Emory University; and Beijing University (China).

Loh's main areas of teaching and scholarship are law and social science.  He is the author of "Social Research in the Judicial Process: Cases, Readings, and Text," and articles in both law and social science journals.

Loh has been president of the Associal of American Law Schools and has served on various community boards, including serving as vice president of the Seattle Public Library.

Born in China and raised in Peru, Loh received a bachelor's degree and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Grinnell College and a master's from Cornell University, and he was a research assistant at the Universiteit te Leuven (Louvain, Belgium).  His Ph.D. in psychology is from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his J.D. is from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal.

The executive vice president and provost is the university's chief academic officer and the highest-ranking university official after the president.  The provost fosters the creation, advancement, and implementation of the academic vision for the University.  Responsible for all academic departments, colleges and programs, the provost oversees the processes of faculty appointment, development, promotion and tenure, as well as faculty grievance procedures.  The provost also establishes all academic policies, oversees reviews of all academic units, and leades and implements strategic planning.