Tarshia Stanley has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at St. Olaf College. Dr. Tarshia Stanley
She will assume the role on July 1 and be responsible for all faculty, staff, and programming within the Academic Affairs division. Stanley comes to St. Olaf from Wagner College, where she serves as the special assistant to the president for academic affairs and previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Stanley earned an A.B. from Duke University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Florida, all in English. Specializing in speculative fiction, she built her academic career at Spelman College, securing tenure and chairing the English Department. She was awarded an HBCU Mellon Fellowship to complete a project advancing research in the humanities.