Chief Academic Officer
Dr. Carol A. Blackshire-Belay is the Chief Academic Officer of Hindu University of America, a senior higher education executive, academic leader, and global scholar with more than two decades of leadership experience across public, private, and mission-driven institutions.
Throughout her career, Dr. Blackshire-Belay has served in senior academic and institutional leadership roles, including Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness, department chair, and professor. Her leadership experience encompasses academic and strategic planning, accreditation, faculty development and governance, curriculum and program development, institutional effectiveness, student success, and organizational change.
Dr. Blackshire-Belay earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from Princeton University, her M.Phil. from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and her B.A. from the University of Michigan. Her scholarly background includes Germanic linguistics, German cultural studies, African and African American studies, and intercultural scholarship. Her extensive international academic experience includes study and research in Germany and across Europe and Africa.
As Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Blackshire-Belay works collaboratively with HUA’s faculty, students, staff, and leadership to strengthen academic excellence, support faculty and student success, advance institutional effectiveness and accreditation, and contribute to HUA’s continued development as a distinctive institution of higher learning.