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About the Provost
Provost Carolyn “Biddy” Martin is the President's first deputy officer and reports to the President as the chief educational officer and chief operating officer of the university. She is responsible for overseeing all academic programs, with the exception of those programs reporting to the provost for medical affairs in New York City.
Carolyn "Biddy" Martin speaks at the inauguration of Cornell President David J. Skorton
Martin received her Ph.D. in German Literature in 1985 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has been on the faculty at Cornell since 1984. In 1991, she was promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of German Studies with a joint appointment in the Women's Studies Program. She served as Chair of the Department of German Studies from 1994-97, and in 1997 was promoted to full Professor in the department. In 1996, she was appointed Sr. Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences. Martin was appointed Cornell University's Provost effective July 1, 2000.
Martin is a distinguished scholar of German Studies and author of numerous articles and two books—one on a literary and cultural figure in the Freud circle, Lou Andreas-Salome, and the other on gender theory.
Recent Speeches and Publications
- 2008 Academic State
of the University Address
March 5, 2008
transcript (pdf) | video - Why Cornell Can't Meet All Financial Need With Grants
The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 27, 2007 - 2007 Academic State
of the University Address
March 7, 2007
transcript | video - Introduction and remarks at the inauguration of Cornell President
David J. Skorton
September 7, 2006