Adrienne Provost
Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction
Adrienne Provost is a distinguished educator and researcher with a Ph.D. in Social Foundations of Education from the University of Florida. She serves as Assistant Dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida. Nationally recognized for her innovative programming, Dr. Provost has received numerous awards, including the 2024 Terry O’Banion Legacy Award and the 2020 Santa Fe College Innovation Award. Her passion for expanding higher education pathways has significantly increased educational opportunities for low-income, first-generation students. Dr. Provost’s academic interests include the history of higher education, community colleges, humanistic education, general education, and higher education policy and legislation.
Research Interests
Community Colleges, Humanistic Education, Discourse Tracing, Higher Education, Teaching and Learning, and Discourse-Historical Analysis
Publications
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Provost, A. L. (2024). Community College Social Media Public Scholars: Reframing the Narrative from the Inside Out. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2024.2428270
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Provost, A. (2024). Social media public scholars: Reframing the narrative from the inside out. League for Innovation in the Community College.
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Traum, M. J., Jones, T. J., Doher, J. A., K. R. Gurley, J. A. M. W., Provost, A. L., Mella-Alczazr, A. A. C., & Angulo, L. (March 10-12 2024). Virtual exchange embedded in a STEM summer camp improved American high school students’ awareness of Filipino Culture. Proceedings of the ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, 10–12.
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Provost, A. (2023). Digging in the wrong place: Tracing artifacts of humanism in the community college [Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida].
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Provost, A. (2023). Cooling out vs. warming up: History of the debate. NACADA Review, 4(1), 16–26.
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Traum, M., Provost, A., Doher, J. (2022). STEMTank – Implementing online an engineering summer camp for underprivileged high school students in response to COVID-19. Opportunity Matters, 4, 86–101.
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Provost, A. L., Traum, M. (in press). Valuing failure: Successful experiential STEM learning projects boost self-confidence while failure improves grit. Mindset Pathways to STEM Success – A Compilation of Tools and Strategies for Higher Education to Boost Learning in STEM.
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Provost, A. L., Kohnen, A. M. (2022). “Why so many words?” Students’ perspectives on college access and success terminology. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 1–14.
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Provost, A. L., Kohnen, A.M. (2022) A full spectrum of interpretation: A discourse-historical analysis of one community college’s mission statement, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 46:5, 318-334.
Awards and Recognition
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(2024). Terry O'Banion Legacy Award. League for Innovation in the Community College.
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(2022). Advocacy Leadership Award, Santa Fe College Student Affairs
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(2022). Graduate, Next Level Leadership Program, Association of Florida Colleges
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(2020). Exemplary Practice Award, Student Development Commission, Association of Florida Colleges
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(2020). Workforce, Adult and Continuing Education Commission Award, Association of Florida Colleges
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(2017). Robert B. Primack Memorial Foundations of Education Endowment, The University of Florida
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(2016). Graduate, Certified College Professional, Association of Florida Colleges
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(1992-1994). "Chappie" James Most Promising Teacher-Scholar, The University of South Florida
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Interactive Timeline
This timeline traces overlapping micro-, meso-, and macro- discursive themes related to community colleges and higher education across the economic, political, and social landscape of the mid-20th century. The overview details the shift from humanistic to neoliberal ideology that occurred in the late 1970s.
Courses
IDS 4930 Transfer Success Seminar
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
