Dr. John J. Pauly, is the provost of Marquette University. Reporting to the president, Dr. Pauly is responsible for academic affairs and institutional planning. As Provost he provides intellectual vision and leadership for the 10 academic deans and the dean of libraries.
Prior to assuming the role of provost, Dr. Pauly was the dean of the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication from 2006 to 2008.
Pauly specializes in the history and sociology of the mass media, the theory and practice of literary journalism, and cultural approaches to communication research. He has worked previously at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina (1978-79); Fordham University in New York City (1979-81); the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (1981-86); the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma (1986-93); and Saint Louis University in Missouri (1993-2006). He served as chair of the communication department at Saint Louis for nine years, and held a secondary appointment as professor of American Studies for five years.
Pauly received a bachelor of science in journalism with honors in 1972, a master of science in journalism in 1974, and a Ph.D. in communication in 1979, all from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Pauly has published more than 80 scholarly journal articles, book chapters, reviews and essays, and made numerous presentations in his fields of interest to both academic and professional organizations. He is a member of the editorial board of Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism and was formerly a board member of Critical Studies in Mass Communication and Journalism Monographs.
He edited the quarterly journal of the American Journalism Historians Association from 1989 to 1993. Pauly has also held several offices within the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, most recently on its research committee.
While at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Pauly was a fellow at the Center for Twentieth Century Studies at UWM and a recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for College Teachers. In 2002 and 2006, the Student Government Association at Saint Louis honored him for excellence in teaching.
In addition to his teaching and scholarship, Pauly has served as a writing skills consultant to private businesses, a technical writer and editor for the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Champaign, and a drama reviewer for The Courier in Urbana.
UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
- Ms. Rana H. Altenburg
- Ms. Cynthia M. Bauer
- Dr. Margaret L. Bloom
- Mr. Roby Blust
- Dr. Margaret Faut Callahan
- Dr. William E. Cullinan
- Mr. Steven J. Cottingham
- Dr. Robert J. Deahl
- Ms. Tricia Geraghty
- Dr. William A. Henk
- Dr. Stanley V. Jaskolski
- Mr. Joseph D. Kearney
- Mr. Greg Kliebhan
- Mr. John C. Lamb
- Dr. William K. Lobb
- Dr. L. Christopher Miller
- Ms. Anne O'Brien
- Dr. John J. Pauly
- Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp
- Ms. Stephanie Russell
- Mr. Arthur F. Scheuber
- Dr. Linda Salchenberger
- Dr. Jeffrey T. Snell
- Dr. Lynn H. Turner
- Ms. Julie Tolan
- Mrs. Janice S. Welburn
- Dr. William R. Wiener
- Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J.
Quick Facts About Marquette
| Identity: | Catholic, Jesuit, private |
| Established: | 1881 |
| Location: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Undergraduate: | 8,048 |
| Postgraduate: | 3,500 |
| Campus: | Urban, 90 acres |
| Athletics: | 14 NCAA Division I teams (Big East) |
| Colors: | Blue and Gold |
