Dr. Andrea Stewart, Interim Chancellor
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Dr. Andrea Stewart has served as a successful higher education administrator for more than 35 years. She has been recognized as a national leader and has worked with regional and discipline specific accrediting bodies.
Dr. Stewart served as interim Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (August 15, 2022), and later appointed to the position July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. Dr. Stewart provided leadership and oversight to five (4) academic schools (Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Agriculture, Fisheries, and Human Sciences), as well as the Division of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education, Division of Military Science, University College, Academic Records, Honors College, Office of Assessment, Watson Memorial Library, North Little Rock Site-Continuing Education, and Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching and Learning.
Dr. Stewart has served as professor and dean of the School of Arts & Sciences (SAS) from 2013 to 2022, where she provided- leadership and oversight of 12 departments and two (2) graduate programs, as well as, supported STEM initiatives. Dr. Stewart served as coordinator/director of the social work program for 25 years, whereby she provided the leadership of its initial accreditation and reaffirmations to date. Dr. Stewart served as interim Chairperson of the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences and President of UAPB’s Faculty and Staff Senate. She was successful in supporting the Department of Nursing faculty to begin a new nursing program in 2015. Additionally, Dr. Stewart provided oversight, support, and assistance to five SAS academic programs that achieved new and/or reaffirmation of accreditation status. She has held teaching positions as graduate and undergraduate adjunct instructor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Philander Smith College.
Dr. Stewart has served as a research consultant, accreditation consultant, board of director member, and program evaluator for various universities, commissions, organizations, and committees throughout her tenure. She has secured over $7.5 million in grant contracts/sub-awards since 1990 to support child welfare training and education as well as provide $5000 stipends for students to complete internships at the Department of Human Services, the Division of Children & Families (DCFS).
Dr. Stewart served as co-chair of UAPB’s Higher Learning Commission Steering Committee for 25 years. She has served on UAPB’s Strategic Planning Committee and recently served as chair and sub-committee co-chair.
Dr. Stewart served a three-year term as a member of the National Association of Social Work (NASW) finance committee (2021-2024). Additionally, Dr. Stewart served as treasurer for two consecutive, three-year terms on the Board of Directors for the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Her most recent appointment as co-chair of CSWE’s national search committee for President and CEO is her second appointment, in that, she served during the hiring of the first President and CEO in 2012.
Dr. Stewart’s research interests and scholarship focus on teenage pregnancy, single parenthood, religiosity, assessment, and program evaluation. Also, she is a published poet and enjoys creative writing.
Dr. Stewart received her doctorate in Social Work from Howard University in 1987, master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (1983), and her bachelors of arts degree in Sociology, minor in Psychology (1981).
Dr. Stewart supports and encourages high performances in teaching, research, and service. She supports the goals of academic affairs and promotes online education. Her commitment to academic excellence is paramount and reflected in successful academic and program outcomes.
Office of the Chancellor
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
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