I am a former president of UERU and served as UERU's liaison to the Boyer 2030 Commission and the principal author of its report, The Equity-Excellence Imperative: A 2030 Blueprint for Undergraduate Education at U.S. Research Universities. From 2012-2019 I served as the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs and Professor of English at Boston University, then as Special Advisor to the Provost through 2025. I have a particular interest in liberal education and led the development of BU's first university-wide general education program, the BU Hub. Previously, I was Professor of English and held various administrative positions at the University of Maryland, College Park. In my scholarly life, I teach and write about 20th-century poetry, especially its relations to the visual arts.