Provost Shane Martin Shares on Imagining the Year Ahead and Provost Fellows

Posted: September 16, 2022

By: Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement (CEIE)



Provost Shane Martin and Dr. Michael Trice discuss SU’s Strategic Directions, the emancipatory power of a comprehensive curriculum, and the role of the Provost Fellows in the year ahead. 

Provost Martin shares that “Our desire is to have community-engaged learning integrated throughout our entire curriculum. It will come to characterize a Seattle University education."

Dr. Shane P. Martin is a 2015 fellow of the Pahara-Aspen Education Fellowship, a branch of the Aspen Institute. Prior to coming to Seattle U, he served for almost 25 years at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) as a faculty member and administrator, completing 14 years as Dean of the LMU School of Education and six as Dean of Graduate Studies. He received an honorary doctorate from LMU in 2018. An educational anthropologist by training, his areas of expertise include intercultural education, inclusive excellence, educational policy, leadership and Jesuit education.  

Provost Martin earned his Ph.D. in International and Intercultural Education at the University of Southern California, a Master of Theology degree at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (JST) with a specialization in Hispanic Ministry, a Master of Divinity degree also from JST, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Loyola Marymount University.  

Listen now to the podcast: Imagining the Year Ahead and Provost Fellows 

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