Dr. Jamie Jamison, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Jamie Jamison is the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Morris Brown College. With over 10 years in higher education, she brings a deep commitment to education and a practical understanding of how to lead people through change. Her work involves making consequential decisions, earning trust, and ensuring that the college’s academic ambitions are supported by the people and resources needed to achieve them.

Her leadership draws on over 20 years in information technology, giving her a distinct perspective on how institutions work and where they can work better. She understands how a decision in one area can affect an entire organization. That experience informs her approach to data-informed decision-making, from examining student performance to determining where academic resources will have the greatest impact. She questions the information behind a report, looks for patterns, and considers what the numbers may leave out. For Dr. Jamison, good judgment means knowing when the evidence calls for action and when it calls for a better question.

Her passion for education keeps those decisions grounded in the experiences of students and faculty. She believes deeply in expanding opportunity, while holding institutions responsible for what happens after students arrive. That means paying attention to the quality of instruction and whether students can access the support they need. It also means giving faculty clear direction and useful tools. She is willing to revisit a familiar practice when it no longer serves its purpose, and she expects improvement efforts to make a difference people can see.

As a speaker, Dr. Jamison brings candor, humor, and the perspective of someone who has to put her own leadership advice to work. She also develops professional learning content that helps people work through leadership challenges and put what they learn into practice. Her work addresses leading change, making sound decisions with imperfect information, and maintaining high expectations without losing people’s trust. She understands the distance between a promising idea and getting a room full of people to act on it. Whether speaking to an audience or creating a lesson, she helps leaders think through what stands in the way and what they can do about it. Her goal is for people to return to their work prepared to handle a conversation, challenge, or decision differently.