The senior associate dean for Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, will bring experience guiding academic policy, supporting students, and collaborating with faculty on programmatic initiatives to her new campuswide role in the Office of the Provost.
A longtime campus administrator with an extensive background in mentoring students and developing academic policy has been named Elon University’s next assistant provost for academic excellence and integrity.
Associate Professor Angela Lewellyn, who currently serves as senior associate dean for Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, will assume her new role in the Office of the Provost on Jan. 2, 2026.
“Throughout her tenure at Elon, Dr. Lewellyn has exemplified the teacher-scholar-mentor model and a deep commitment to the university’s mission,” said Elon University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Rebecca Kohn. “Her prolific accomplishments will serve her well in providing important leadership in areas that advance some of our most prestigious academic undergraduate programs and support academic integrity.”
Lewellyn’s responsibilities as assistant provost for academic excellence and integrity will include:
- Leadership for academic undergraduate programs, such as the Honors Program, the Lumen Prize, the National and International Fellowships Office, and support of collaboration across Fellows and Scholars programs;
- Inclusion of student voices and perceptions of courses through processes for gathering Student Perceptions of Teaching and distributing results to appropriate individuals;
- Support of academic integrity through active engagement in policies and processes connected to the Honor Code, the Honor Board, the Call to Honor Ceremony, and academic conduct;
- Engagement with students throughout academic standing policies and processes involving academic suspensions, probations, and appeals;
- Representation of the provost on the following standing and advisory committees:
- Fellows Committee
- Honors Program Advisory Committee
- Admissions Committee
- Academic Standing Committee
- Infectious Disease Committee
- Retroactive Medical Withdrawal Committee
Lewellyn succeeds Professor Jason Husser, who returned to the faculty in the Department of Political Science & Public Policy and continues direction of the Elon University Poll.
As assistant provost for academic excellence and integrity, Lewellyn will prioritize the work of the university’s signature Fellows and Scholars programs, while also ensuring the value of an Elon education by supporting the Honor Code across all units within the university.
In addition, the role presents an opportunity to work with the Office of Admissions to recruit future students to share in distinctive learning opportunities available at the university, and to work with faculty to support their efforts to demonstrate teaching excellence.
“Having served Elon University for more than two decades as a faculty member, program coordinator, department chair and associate dean, I developed a deep appreciation for Elon’s distinctive blend of academic rigor, engaged learning and community values that support a vibrant intellectual community for students, faculty and staff and that respects human differences,” Lewellyn said. “This role presents an exciting opportunity to extend my longstanding commitment to academic excellence and integrity in service to our students, faculty, staff and institutional mission.”
This role presents an exciting opportunity to extend my longstanding commitment to academic excellence and integrity in service to our students, faculty, staff and institutional mission.
– Assistant Provost Angela Lewellyn
Since joining the Elon University faculty in 1999, Lewellyn has held a series of prominent leadership roles in Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences. Beginning as an assistant professor of social justice, she soon expanded her impact by coordinating the Women’s and Gender Studies Program from 2003-2005 and serving as chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology from 2005-2010.
During this period, she also held a Faculty Service-Learning Scholar appointment, underscoring a commitment to engaged pedagogy. Lewellyn’s leadership to university initiatives include service from 2008-2010 as academic coordinator of the Civic Engagement Scholars program.
Since 2010, she has served as associate dean and senior associate dean of Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, while continuing her work as an associate professor of social justice. At the same time, she also taught courses in social problems, criminology, sociology of gender, and social deviance.
Lewellyn holds a Ph.D. and a Master of Arts in Sociology from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Wake Forest University.
Members of the Search Committee for the Assistant Provost for Academic Excellence and Integrity
- Brandon Booker, Associate Teaching Professor of Cinema and Television Arts
- Naeemah Clark, Associate Provost for Academic Inclusive Excellence, Professor of Cinema and Television Arts
- Shannon Duvall, Co-chair & Professor of Computer Science
- Sean Giovanello, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
- Whitney Gregory, Dean of Students and Assistant Professor
- Janet Myers, Co-chair & Interim Assistant Provost for Academic Excellence, Professor of English
- Ally Wente, Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Music