Keith E. Howard

Among his duties as Vice Provost, Dr. Howard serves as dean of graduate studies, providing oversight of the graduate and professional curriculums, non-credit continuing education, curricular policy review and implementation, academic assessment, and student grievances and appeals. Dr. Howard previously served as interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

A Macon native, Dr. Keith Howard is a graduate of Central High School and the Mercer University Upward Bound Program. He earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Morehouse College and a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1995 as part of the dual-degree engineering program. During his undergraduate years, Dr. Howard was awarded the Robert M. McNair NASA scholarship, which provided him the opportunity to intern at the Kennedy Space Center.

Upon completion of his undergraduate degrees, Dr. Howard attended graduate school at Vanderbilt University where he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees (1997 and 2000, respectively) in mathematics. During his final year of graduate study, Dr. Howard was selected as a Dissertation Fellow at Kenyon College, where he continued his academic career until joining the Mercer University Faculty in 2005.

Dr. Howard and his wife, Danielle, are the proud parents of three children.