Henry S. Turner, PhD

On July 1, 2025, Henry S. Turner, PhD, was appointed as Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He also serves as interim chief academic officer for the institution, leads all universitywide faculty advancement programs, and coordinates academic priorities across the central administrative offices and chancellor-led units. Dr. Turner has served as the inaugural Vice President for Academic Initiatives since 2020, guiding universitywide interdisciplinary strategic investment and faculty hiring, including strategic cluster hiring, and overseeing REACH, an interdisciplinary community engagement initiative on social determinants of health. As EVPAA, Dr. Turner forges strategies and develops initiatives to strengthen the academic enterprise at Rutgers. He serves as the president’s chief adviser on academic matters, leads all universitywide faculty support programs, and coordinates academic priorities across the central administrative offices and chancellor-led units. In this role, he works closely with both the chancellors and their provosts and gives voice to a collective vision that will propel Rutgers among our finest peer institutions. Among other key universitywide functions, the EVPAA manages the tenure and promotion process and has oversight for the libraries, Rutgers Global, student veterans services, institutional research, Rutgers University Press, and more universitywide functions. The EVPAA also has oversight for the Office for Research, which combines various key functions of research, intellectual property, and grants administration.