Carol P. Tresolini
Associate Provost for Academic InitiativesOffice of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Email: carol_tresolini@unc.edu
Assistant: Andrew Hunt |
As Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives, Dr. Tresolini provides administrative oversight for the centers and institutes reporting to the Office of the Provost, which are the Ackland Art Museum, the American Indian Center, Carolina Center for Public Service, the Institute for the Environment, the Carolina Women’s Center, the Center for Developmental Science, the Center for the Study of the American South, the Institute of African-American Research, The James B. Hunt, Jr., Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy, the Marine Sciences Program, the Microelectronics Program (Department of Biomedical Engineering), the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, the NC Botanical Garden, the NC Health Careers Access Program, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, and the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education . Dr. Tresolini also works with distance-learning initiatives and facilities planning initiatives.
Before joining the Provost’s Office, Carol was Associate Dean for
Educational Development and Director of the Office of Educational
Development in the UNC School of Medicine. In that role, she was
responsible for faculty development, curriculum evaluation, the
standardized patient programs, student assessment initiatives, and
programs for minority student recruitment and retention. Previous
experience has been with the Pew Health Professions Commission, mental
health and correctional institutions, schools, and social service
agencies. A native of Pennsylvania, she holds a BA in Sociology
from Duke University, an M.Ed. in Special Education from UNC-Chapel
Hill, and a Ph.D. in Adult and Higher Education, also from
Carolina.

