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John Karl Scholz

UW–Madison Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

John Karl Scholz, Ph.D., began serving as UW–Madison provost in August 2019 after six years as the dean of the College of Letters & Science. He is also the Nellie June Gray Professor of Economic Policy in the Department of Economics, which he joined in 1988.

Provost Scholz is an internationally respected economist whose work on household saving, low-wage labor markets, financial barriers to higher education, and bankruptcy has appeared in leading economics journals. From 1997-98, he was the deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis at the U.S. Treasury Department, and from 1990-91 he was a senior staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisors. He directed the Institute for Research on Poverty at UW–Madison from 2000-04.

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Day Two Welcome

Day 2: November 15, 2022 | 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.,

Chief Diversity Officer LaVar J. Charleston and Provost Karl Scholz welcome attendees to day two of the Diversity Forum conference. UW–Madison Director of Tribal Relations Aaron Bird Bear will provide the Native Nations Tribute.