New Vice President Has Big Role

Juliette Landphair has hit the ground running as UMW’s new vice president for student affairs, with responsibilities for student engagement programs, residential life, health and counseling services, athletics, safety, and administering the student-run honor system.

Landphair

Landphair

In August, Landphair joined UMW from the University of Richmond, where she was dean of Westhampton College and associate dean in the School of Arts and Sciences. She succeeded Douglas N. Searcy, who is now president of Barton College in Wilson, N.C.

Landphair received the Influential Woman of Virginia award presented by Virginia Lawyers Media and the Bob E. Leach Award for Outstanding Service to Students presented by NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from Tulane University and master’s and doctoral degrees in history from the University of Virginia.