MERCY COLLEGE APPOINTS PROVOST AND VP FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 

Mercy College today announced the appointment of Eva M. Fernández, Ph.D., as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry.

Previously, Fernández was at Guttman Community College, City University of New York (CUNY), where she had been serving as interim vice president for academic affairs and provost since August 2021. At Mercy she will oversee all faculty and educational programs and will assume her new position on July 1. Peter West, Ph.D. who has served as the interim provost will resume his role as the dean of the School of Liberal Arts. 

Throughout her career in higher education administration, Fernández has led projects and programs designed to advance faculty expertise in teaching, improve and deepen learning and advance the college”™s mission. Her expertise is centered on matters related to teaching and learning, particularly how faculty development, institutionalized course redesign, informal learning pedagogies, experiential education and peer mentoring influence student learning.

Prior to her position at Guttman, Fernández spent 21 years at Queens College (CUNY), achieving tenure in 2007 and full professorship in 2015. Among her roles she has served on multiple doctoral dissertation committees; advised visiting graduate students and visiting faculty from Brazil and Japan; and lectured in Russia, Brazil and throughout the United States. She holds both a doctorate and a Master of Arts degree in linguistics from CUNY Graduate School and University Center and graduated from New York University with a bachelor”™s degree in linguistics.