EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST

Michael W. Bowers

Michael W. Bowers, Ph.D., was appointed to the position of Interim Executive Vice President and Provost on August 27, 2009. Dr. Bowers will also continue to serve in his capacity as UNLV’s Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, a position he was appointed to in July 2008.

Prior to becoming Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Dr. Bowers held the position of Vice Provost for Academic Affairs since 2004. His tenure at UNLV includes Chair of the Department of Political Science and, for 11 years, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

Dr. Bowers received a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Cameron University (Lawton, OK) and a Master’s and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Arizona (Tucson). He has been a member of the faculty at UNLV since August 1984. During that time he has been awarded the College of Liberal Arts William Morris Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Donald Schmiedel Lifetime Service Award. In addition, he has received the UNLV Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award and the UCCSN (now NSHE) Board of Regents Outstanding Advisor Award.

In 1996, Dr. Bowers first authored The Sagebrush State, one of the definitive texts on the history of Nevada government and politics that is still used in classrooms throughout the state and which is now in a third edition. As well, Dr. Bowers wrote The Nevada Constitution: A Reference Guide (Greenwood Press, 1993). Dr. Bowers is also credited with writing more than two dozen articles in his specialization of public law.

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