Biography
Interim Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Student Success
Matt Jacobs, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Success
Matt Jacobs, Ph.D., is Interim Associate Provost and leader of Undergraduate Education and Student Success in the Provost’s Office.
As Interim Associate Provost, Dr. Jacobs leads a team of academic specialists who focus on initiatives and academic programs that promote students’ academic success and lifelong wellbeing in academic learning success, experiential and engaged learning, university advising, and academic pathways.
Jacobs, an Associate Professor of U.S. and International History, earned his Ph.D. in History at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2002, and he joined UF and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) in 2003. His research focuses on U.S.-Middle East relations, a field in which he has published one book and is currently working on a second. Professor Jacobs has taught courses on U.S. foreign relations, U.S.-Middle East relations, the Vietnam War, and international studies.