Janet Woodruff-Borden

Janet Woodruff-Borden is the acting provost and senior vice president of the University of Oregon. She began serving as interim provost on August 20, 2022. Woodruff-Borden is a professor of psychology and has served as executive vice provost since 2019, leading the academic and faculty affairs efforts for the Office of the Provost. She previously served as vice provost and dean of the UO Graduate School, now the Division of Graduate Studies. She came to UO from the University of Louisville where she was professor of psychological and brain sciences. Her research focuses on the etiology, developmental psychopathology, and treatment of anxiety disorders. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Wake Forest University, an M.S. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.