John Bertot, Ph.D.

Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs

Email: jbertot@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-6803

John Bertot is the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and a Professor in the College of Information Studies (the iSchool). Under Dr. Bertot, the Office of Faculty Affairs supports all aspects of faculty experience at the University, such as managing the APT process to ensure excellence and equity in tenure decisions, facilitating human resource functions, overseeing professional development opportunities for faculty, and advocating for faculty interests and perspectives in the leadership of the University.

He has been a Professor in the College of Information Studies (iSchool) since 2008, and has served as co-director of the Information Policy & Access Center (iPAC). John served as director of the iSchool’s Master of Library Science program from July 2011-July 2015. Prior to joining the iSchool, he was Professor in the iSchool at Florida State University. His research spans information and telecommunications policy, public service innovation, digital government, and library planning and evaluation. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University in 1996.

Binsy Anil

Administrative Assistant

Email: bgeorge9@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-6803

Binsy Anil is the Administrative Assistant II, and she recently joined the Office of Faculty Affairs. She acts as first line of reception for the office, and supports all administrative functions. She has a Masters of Social Work from Mangalore University in India. She is passionate about music, nature and photography.

Heidi Bulich

Associate Director for Faculty Initiatives

Email: hbulich@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-7604

Heidi Bulich is the Associate Director for Faculty Initiatives. She oversees matters related to Professional Track (PTK) faculty members, including professional development opportunities; awards; and policies and procedures related to PTK engagement and employment, including appointment, evaluation and promotion. She joined the Office of Faculty Affairs in 2020 after teaching in non-tenure track positions at UMD, and other BIG 10 and ACC institutions, as well as directing undergraduate programs. Prior to pursuing a career in higher education, she practiced real estate, banking, and corporate law in Detroit. Heidi grew up on a farm in upstate New York and is an avid gardener. She received her bachelor’s and law degrees from Georgetown University.

Rebecca Follman

Senior Web Developer

Email: rfollman@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-0665

Rebecca Follman divides her time between the Provost and the Office of Faculty Affairs, designing and maintaining websites and building online database applications. She has a bachelor's in English from Northwestern University and an MLS and PhD from UMD's iSchool. Prior to joining the Office of Faculty Affairs, Follman was a high school English teacher and webmaster. She is an amateur photographer, plays the flute and sings alto when she can make it to choir rehearsal.

Andrea Goltz

Associate Director for Faculty Leadership

Email: afgoltz@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-0658

Ms. Goltz oversees several policy-related processes pertaining to faculty, including reviews and APT appeals, facilitates administrators' workshops, and reports faculty-related data. She joined the Office of Faculty Affairs in 2010 while earning a Master of Library Science degree at the University of Maryland's iSchool, concentrating in academic librarianship. In addition, she holds a master's in Art History from Penn State, with an emphasis on late 16th-century Roman art. Goltz lives in Hyattsville with her husband and is an avid enthusiast of Maryland and DC culture and cuisine.

Bonnie Miranda

Manager

Email: mirandab@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-6820

Bonnie Miranda is a professional administrator who has been employed at UMD since 2012, joining OFA in June of 2017. She is primarily responsible for the administration and oversight of the University's Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure ("APT") procedures, faculty leave, and the executive administrative support of the Associate Provost. When not in the office, Ms. Miranda enjoys losing herself in books and writing, spending time with family/friends, exploring the natural world, general thrill-seeking, and singing with the College Park Chorale/Chamber Singers. She resides in Anne Arundel County with her husband and three children and a menagerie of animal companions.

Laura Rosenthal, Ph.D.

Director for Faculty Leadership

Email: lrosent1@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-1022

Laura J. Rosenthal is Director for Faculty Leadership and a Professor in the English Department. She develops and directs programs to support faculty careers and leadership skills. She also develops and disseminates information about effective practices in leadership and career development for an excellent and diverse faculty. The programs she coordinates include: the Big Ten Academic Leadership Program; the Big Ten Department Executive Officer Program; Faculty Forums; Chair Workshops; Orientation and Follow-up Seminars; Faculty Writing and Productivity Groups; The Future of Higher Education Reading Group. She works in partnership with Teaching and Learning Transformation Center, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Graduate School, the University of Maryland Emerita and Emeritus Association and others to foster integrative faculty support initiatives.

Dr. Rosenthal specializes in Restoration and eighteenth-century British Literature, with particular interests in drama, fiction, gender, sexuality, the Enlightenment, property, and empire. Her research has been supported by fellowships from the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Newberry Library, and the NEH. She also edits the journal Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700. Her most recent book is Ways of the World: Theater and Cosmopolitanism in the Restoration and Beyond, forthcoming from Cornell University Press.

Linda Steiner

Director, University of Maryland ADVANCE

Email: lsteiner@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-2426

Linda Steiner is the director of the ADVANCE program; she facilitates its Keeping Our Faculty (KOF) workshop series for assistant professors and is involved with other ADVANCE initiatives. Dr. Steiner is also a Professor of Journalism in the College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. She has served on numerous campus diversity committees and on the President’s Commission on Women’s Issues, the University Senate, and the campus APT committee.

Steiner co-edited Front Pages, Front Lines: Media and the Fight for Women's Suffrage (2020). Other co-edited books published since 2010 include Key Concepts in Critical-Cultural Studies, Routledge Companion to Media and Gender; The Handbook of Gender and War; Race, News, and the City: Uncovering Baltimore; and Journalism, Gender and Power. Steiner was president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. She worked for a small newspaper before working on her Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana.

Melissa Thompson

Research Integrity Officer

Email: melissa@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-0540

Melissa Thompson joined OFA in February 2020 to serve as the institution’s Research Integrity Officer (RIO). As RIO, Melissa oversees and manages misconduct proceedings conducted under the University’s Policy and Procedures Concerning Scholarly Misconduct. She also coordinates with various institutional offices and committees on other efforts related to the integrity of the research performed at UMD, including training in the responsible conduct of research and the identification of associated policy and program needs.

Melissa comes to UMD from Johns Hopkins University (JHU), where she served as the Director of Research Integrity in the School of Medicine, handling cases of research and professional misconduct and overseeing the Responsible Conduct of Research Program. She previously served there as the Assistant Director of Outside Interests, working on issues related to conflicts of interest in research. Prior to joining JHU, Melissa practiced as an associate attorney with a law firm in Towson, Maryland. She also worked in the field of journalism, most recently as the Assistant Managing Editor of The American Prospect, a magazine based in Washington, DC.

Melissa received her juris doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Law, along with a certificate in health law. She received her bachelor’s degree in political science from Salisbury University. Melissa is a member of the Association of Research Integrity Officers. She enjoys spending time outdoors, preferably while hiking with her husband.