Office of the Provost

Tiffiny A. Tung is Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Ingram Chair in Anthropology, and Professor of Anthropology. She leads Vanderbilt’s academic enterprise across its eleven schools and colleges. Her leadership is defined by a commitment to rigorous and innovative scholarship and to cultivating students’ intellectual growth, both inside and beyond the classroom. This approach ensures that Vanderbilt students graduate as independent and critical thinkers, thoughtful observers of the world, and knowledgeable and engaged citizens. She champions strong investment in research and creative expression across the full breadth of inquiry, from the arts, humanities, and social sciences to the natural and applied sciences. She has also served as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Growth Initiatives, where she led the vision and full implementation of Immersion Vanderbilt, expanded undergraduate research opportunities, and deepened the intellectual vitality of undergraduate life. She leads the vision and implementation of academic programming for Vanderbilt’s New York City campus and is now extending those opportunities and developing the new connected campuses in San Francisco and West Palm Beach.