Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost
Linfield University welcomed Beth Concepción in the role of vice president for academic affairs and provost in July 2023. She also serves as a professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies (JAMS).
In her most recent role, Concepción served as vice provost for educational innovation and executive director for the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She was also a professor in the English and technical communications department.
Her academic experience includes roles as assistant provost for strategic engagement in Oglethorpe University’s Hammack School of Business, dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design, and chair of the writing department and writing professor at SCAD.
Concepción earned a Ph.D. in journalism and mass communication from the University of South Carolina, as well as an M.A. and M.F.A. in media and performing arts from Savannah College of Art and Design, a B.A. in English from Oglethorpe University, and a B.S. in geosciences from Mississippi State University.
Concepción is from Atlanta, Georgia, and has more than 30 years of experience as a journalist.