Nigerian-British Julia Oparah Appointed As Provost Of University Of San Francisco

Ethnic studies scholar and professor, Dr. Julia Chinyere Oparah, has been appointed provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of San Francisco.

The appointment is to take effect from 12 July.She was Born in Edinburgh, Scotland and with roots in southeast Nigeria,Julia grew up in the south of England.

She earned her doctoral and master’s degrees (in sociology, race and ethnic studies, respectively) at the University of Warwick.

Mrs Oparah is currently the provost and dean of the faculty of Ethnic Studies at Mills College where she had served as a member of the faculty for almost 20 years before being appointed as the provost and dean of the faculty in 2017.

This was revealed by the President of USF, Paul J. Fitzgerald, on Thursday.

“Our community has identified a leader in higher education with extraordinary scholarly, administrative, and service credentials to lead USF as provost,” he said

Mr Fitzgerald said he was delighted to welcome Mrs Oparah and her family to USF and that “he looked forward to working with her as a partner while continuing to build on the planning and implementation that had taken place across the campus during this challenging year”.