Jeanette Herman, Ph.D.

Jeanette Herman is Assistant Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies in the Undergraduate College (UC) at The University of Texas at Austin. In this role, she provides leadership for curricular programs and initiatives that cross the boundaries of colleges and schools at UT and provide students with opportunities to learn at the intersections of multiple disciplinary perspectives. As part of her role, Jeanette leads a portfolio of programs that includes the Bridging Disciplines Programs, a set of college-bridging certificate programs for undergraduates; the Office of Undergraduate Research, which connects students to the exciting research happening across UT; and the Vick Advising Excellence Center, which advises students across campus on major exploration and the internal transfer process and  provides all academic advisors at UT with the training and tools. Before joining UC (previously the School of Undergraduate Studies) in 2006, Jeanette was the editor for UT Austin’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, where she managed three series of scholarly monographs and literary translations. She received her Ph.D. in English from The University of Texas at Austin in 2004, with research focusing on images of suffering bodies in colonial and postcolonial political contexts, and she teaches courses in human rights, feminist research methods, and other topics.