Mark Motte

Craig-Lee Hall 135 (401) 456-8881 mmotte@ric.edu

Background

Mark Motte was appointed Interim Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs in June 2006. After a search, he was appointed to the position on a permanent basis in February, 2007. Motte's responsibilities include oversight of several academic offices, including Academic Support and Information Services (OASIS), Admissions, Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, Early Enrollment, Records, and Student Financial Aid. He also serves as the Academic Affairs divisional liaison to the RI College Council Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures and the Graduate Committee. Prior to this appointment, Motte held a tenured appointment in the geography program within, respectively, the Department of Anthropology (1995-2001) and the Department of Political Science (2001-2006), earning the rank of Full Professor in 2005.

Concurrent with his responsibilities as an administrator within the Division of Academic Affairs, Motte serves as Director of the College’s Center for Public Policy and Director of the Feinstein Institute for Philanthropic Leadership. In the latter capacity, he oversees the operations of the College’s Certificate Program in Nonprofit Studies. Until taking up his appointment as
Assistant Vice President, he conducted research and lectured on regional economic development, city planning, urban geography and public administration. Motte earned the Paul Maixner Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2004-05.

In 2004, Motte co-authored, with Francis Leazes, Jr. of the College’s Political Science Department, “Providence, The Renaissance City” (Northeastern University Press). Motte has authored or co-authored over 80 competitive grant applications, scholarly articles, book reviews, public program evaluations, and research monographs. He holds a bachelor’s degree in geography from the University of London, U.K. (1984), a master’s in city planning from the University of Rhode Island (1986), and a doctorate in urban planning and public policy from Rutgers University (1995). In 2005, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Arts, Commerce and Manufactures, London, U.K.