Candice Batton, Ph.D.
- Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
- Academic Affairs
Additional Information
Areas of Focus
- Strategic planning and key initiatives
- Faculty searches and recruitment
- Faculty appointments
- Faculty evaluation and advancement
- Faculty life and retention
- Faculty support and professional development
- Faculty honors, awards and recognition
- Faculty contract and leaves
- Faculty contract, leaves of absence, and personnel matters
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, Vanderbilt UniversityBiography
Candice Batton, PhD, is Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. She assists with advancing and supporting key initiatives for Academic Affairs and is also charged with fostering a welcoming environment that engenders excellence in all aspects of faculty work, supports development and advancement across career stages, and recognizes the contributions of faculty to students, the university, and their disciplines. Batton is responsible for a variety of faculty-related areas including searches and recruitment, evaluation and advancement, honors and awards, faculty life and retention, and faculty support and professional development, including executive leadership over the Center for Faculty Excellence. Additionally, Batton has administrative oversight of the faculty contract, collective bargaining, and faculty grievances. Batton’s faculty appointment is in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, where she is an Associate Professor and served as School Director for eight years before joining Academic Affairs in 2015.
Additional Information
Areas of Focus
- Strategic planning and key initiatives
- Faculty searches and recruitment
- Faculty appointments
- Faculty evaluation and advancement
- Faculty life and retention
- Faculty support and professional development
- Faculty honors, awards and recognition
- Faculty contract and leaves
- Faculty contract, leaves of absence, and personnel matters
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, Vanderbilt UniversityBiography
Candice Batton, PhD, is Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. She assists with advancing and supporting key initiatives for Academic Affairs and is also charged with fostering a welcoming environment that engenders excellence in all aspects of faculty work, supports development and advancement across career stages, and recognizes the contributions of faculty to students, the university, and their disciplines. Batton is responsible for a variety of faculty-related areas including searches and recruitment, evaluation and advancement, honors and awards, faculty life and retention, and faculty support and professional development, including executive leadership over the Center for Faculty Excellence. Additionally, Batton has administrative oversight of the faculty contract, collective bargaining, and faculty grievances. Batton’s faculty appointment is in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, where she is an Associate Professor and served as School Director for eight years before joining Academic Affairs in 2015.