Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost

Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity
Contact: 612-624-0594, or barcelo@umn.edu

Dr. Nancy “Rusty” Barceló is the Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity at the University of Minnesota and a nationally-recognized leader in the field, with over thirty years of experience in equity and diversity in higher education. Dr. Barceló has been hailed as both a leader for transformational change around issues of equity and diversity as well as an astute visionary practitioner.

From 2001-2006, Dr. Barcelo served as Vice President and Vice Provost for Diversity at the University of Washington, and was the Associate Vice President for Multicultural and Academic Affairs at the University of Minnesota from 1996 to 2001.  Dr. Barceló also served as the Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs at the University of Iowa.  Dr. Barceló earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Iowa and her B.A. from Chico State University.