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| Contact Information for Office of the Provost | |
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| Phone | (775) 784-1740 |
| Fax | (775) 784-6220 |
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| Address | 1664 N. Virginia Street Reno, NV 89557-0005 |
Meet the Provost
Dr. Heather Hardy
Heather Hardy was appointed Executive Vice President and Provost by President Marc Johnson in June 2011.
Dr. Hardy has served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts since joining the University in 2005. She also previously served as dean of liberal arts at Colorado State University. She has eight years of experience as dean of a large liberal arts college at two institutions.
A professor of English and noted linguist, Dr. Hardy's research has focused on American Indian languages. She was editor of Southwest Journal of Linguistics for five years while she taught at University of North Texas. She is co-compiler of Dictionary of the Alabama Language, a Muskogean language spoken in Texas, and has published primarily on the Alabama language and Tolkapaya Yavapai in such journals as International Journal of American Linguistics, Word, Lingua, and Southwest Journal of Linguistics. She is co-editor of Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, published in 2005 by University of Nebraska Press, and she has held leadership roles in the Linguistic Association of the Southwest and the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences.
