Associate Provost for UCF Downtown and Interim Dean, College of Community Innovation and Education
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College of Community Innovation and Education
Areas of Responsibility
Departments and Schools:
- Counselor Education and School Psychology
- Criminal Justice
- Educational Leadership and Higher Education
- Learning Sciences and Educational Research
- Legal Studies
- School of Global Health Management and Informatics
- School of Interdisciplinary Studies
- School of Public Administration
- School of Teacher Education
- UCF Downtown
Biography
Dr. Ross Wolf is interim dean of the College of Community Innovation and Education (CCIE) at the University of Central Florida.
As CCIE’s interim chief academic, administrative and fiscal officer, Wolf oversees nine academic units and 11 centers and institutes on the university’s main campus and the UCF Downtown campus. He is responsible for establishing public and private partnerships that help optimize the workforce pipeline in Central Florida by providing students with real-world experiences that position them for successful careers.
As interim assistant vice provost and later associate provost, Wolf has led in advancing academic excellence and innovation for UCF Downtown since April 2019. He has been instrumental in the implementation and operation of the downtown campus, which is a collaboration with Valencia College. His important work in leading UCF Downtown continues in his role as interim dean.
In addition, Wolf is a professor in UCF’s Department of Criminal Justice and a Certified Homeland Protection Professional and Certified Volunteer Policing Leader. He also serves as a visiting scholar and advisory board member of the University of Virginia Center for Public Safety and Justice, as a visiting fellow with the University of Northampton’s Institute for Public Safety, Crime, and Justice in the United Kingdom, and as senior research associate with the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia. He is also a fellow of the American Council on Education (2022-23 cohort). Wolf has authored over 80 peer-reviewed articles, professional articles, books and book chapters on campus law enforcement, police administration and management, volunteer policing, police use of force, tourism policing and international policing.
He has more than 30 years of experience in higher education, having previously served as a university director of alumni relations, university coordinator of new student orientation, undergraduate program coordinator, graduate program coordinator, doctoral program director and associate dean, interim assistant vice provost of UCF Downtown and associate provost of UCF Downtown.
Wolf holds three degrees from UCF: a bachelor’s in liberal studies; a master’s in public administration; and a doctor of education degree in higher education administration and educational leadership.