Office of the Provost Staff Directory
Office of the Provost
Lakshmi N. Reddi, Ph.D.
Interim Provost & Chief Academic Officer
Email: provost@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-2594
Office Location: Guthrie Hall, Suite 109
R.T. James McAteer, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Provost
Email: mcateer@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-2594
Office Location: Guthrie Hall, Room 109A
Cindy Garrett
Executive Administrative Assistant
Email: clgarret@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-2594
Office Location: Guthrie Hall, Room 109C
Vice Presidents
Teresa Maria "Linda" Scholz, Ph.D.
Vice President of Equity, Inclusion & Diversity
Email: vpeid@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-7942
Luis Cifuentes, Ph.D.
Vice President of Research, Creativity, and Economic Development
Email: ovpr@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-2481
https://research.nmsu.edu/index.html
Renay Scott, Ph.D.
Vice President of Student Success
Email: vpss@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-1722
https://studentaffairs.nmsu.edu/office-of-the-vice-president.html
Associate Provosts
Erica Surova
Interim, Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness
Email: surova@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-3352
Tara Gray, Ph.D.
Associate Provost for Faculty Development
Email: tgray@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-1013
Faculty Fellows
David G. Ortiz, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow - Center for Latin American & Border Studies
Email: clabs@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-3448
Barbara Gamillo
Accreditation, Faculty Fellow*
Email: bgamillo@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-3817
Sarah Daughtrey, D.M.
Assessment, Faculty Fellow*
Email: sdaughtr@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-2421
Ryan Goss, Ph.D.
Assessment, Faculty Fellow*
Email: ryangoss@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-3297
*These Faculty Fellows report to the Senior Associate Provost, Dr. James McAteer.
