The University of New Mexico’s Board of Regents has announced the five finalists to fill the role of University president when Garnett Stokes’ retirement takes effect in July.
Each of the candidates will visit Main Campus over the next four weeks, where community members are encouraged to engage with the finalists directly and submit feedback after the forum. All forums will be held in the Student Union Ballroom C.
Elizabeth “Liz” Watkins
Watkins will be visiting campus on Monday, April 20, at 10:30 a.m. She is the provost and executive vice chancellor of the University of California, Riverside. She holds a Ph.D. in History of Science from Harvard University.
Watkins’ research has focused on the interrelations of medicine, science, commerce and culture in the United States in the 20th-21st centuries. She has written and edited multiple books on topics such as the histories of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy.
Ashwani Monga
Monga will be visiting campus on Tuesday, April 21, at 1:15 p.m. He is the executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer of the University System of Georgia. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota.
Monga has worked as an editor and sat on the review board at multiple business and marketing journals, and in 2019, coauthored the book “Becoming a Consumer Psychologist.”
Eric L. Barker
Barker will be visiting campus on Monday, May 11, at 1:15 p.m. He is the vice president for health affairs at Purdue University. He holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Vanderbilt University.
Barker led Purdue’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and has published research on a number of topics, including drugs of abuse and other drugs that affect the brain.
Steven Goldstein
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Goldstein will be visiting campus on Tuesday, May 12, at 1:15 p.m. He is the vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of California, Irvine. Goldstein holds a Ph.D. in immunology from Harvard University.
Goldstein oversaw the opening of two new schools in the UCI Health Affairs system and has published research relating to sudden infant death syndrome and cardiac arrhythmias in adults.
Eric Link
Link will visit campus on Wednesday, May 13, at 1:15 p.m. He is the provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of North Dakota. He holds a Ph.D. in American Literature from Purdue University.
Link specializes in 19th-century American literature and science fiction, and has twice been named a Fulbright Senior Scholar.
Jaden McKelvey-Francis is the editor-in-chief of the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at editorinchief@dailylobo.com or on X @jadenmckelvey
