Thomas Sheahan

Executive Vice Provost

The Executive Vice Provost works closely with the deans and academic institutes under the Provost’s Office to ensure alignment with the academic plan and support their aspirations. In addition, he oversees academic program development and governance, academic units and programs under the Provost’s office, institutional assessment and evaluation, and the Office of the Registrar.

Waleed Meleis

Vice Provost for Graduate Education

Interim Vice Provost and Academic Lead – Oakland Campus

The Vice Provost for Graduate Education collaborates with deans to guide new graduate program development in support of the academic plan, serves as the academic interface for network graduate program deployment, chairs the Graduate Council, and works to build and sustain community-building and professional development programming for graduate students.

Sara Wadia-Fascetti

Vice Provost for the PhD Network

Sara Wadia-Fascetti is the Vice Provost for the PhD Network and a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University.  As Vice Provost, she provides university-level leadership for PhD education across Northeastern’s global university system. As the academic interface responsible for PhD programs, she works with the deans to deliver quality and distinctive student-centric PhD education across all disciplinary and interdisciplinary PhD programs. She partners with university leaders to create and deliver initiatives that bring distinction to PhD education including global partnerships, cross-cutting interdisciplinary education, and burgeoning Experiential PhD programs.

Karolina Mellor

Associate Director of Academic Operations

As the Associate Director of Academic Operations, Karolina is devoted to ensuring an exceptional academic and student life experience for graduate students across various colleges and the global campus network. In this capacity, Dr. Mellor leads a dynamic portfolio of responsibilities, driving the development and execution of activities and events aimed at enhancing the academic journey of graduate students. Collaborating closely with graduate student support offices, she actively contributes to the creation of programmatic offerings that seamlessly align with the evolving needs of the diverse student body.

Before joining Northeastern, Karolina played a leadership role at the Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, overseeing non-research programs that advanced sustainability and green chemistry through collaborations with both public and private entities, along with community engagement.