BIOGRAPHY
Timothy Letzring serves as the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education. Prior to joining UCF, Tim served as Dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Texas A&M University-Commerce and department chair at the University of Mississippi.
As Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Tim oversees UCF’s Academic Program Quality, Operational Excellence and Assessment Support, and UCF Global. Tim serves as UCF’s SACSCOC liaison and also serves on the SACSCOC Board of Trustees.
His role also includes working with curriculum processes for new and existing courses and programs, working with the Board of Governors’ office on academic policy, procedures, and regulations. In his service and scholarship role as a faculty member, Tim has made presentations at international, national, regional, and local meetings on legal and organizational issues affecting education and has conducted legal workshops for faculty and administration at various schools and universities around the country. He also served as co-editor for the College Student and the Courts for 14 years and has several publications in the areas of law and education, higher education organization and governance, and higher education finance.
Tim holds a doctorate in higher education from the University of Georgia, a law degree from Stetson University, and a B.S. degree in Mathematics from Louisiana College. He is also a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.