Rosa Milagros Santos

Rosa Milagros Santos is the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs. In this role, she provides campus-wide leadership for initiatives that advance faculty recruitment, hiring, retention, tenure and promotion, professional development, and overall success across all stages of the faculty career lifecycle. She is responsible for shaping and implementing comprehensive faculty development and mentoring programs and resources for both tenure-system and specialized faculty, as well as promoting faculty leadership development. She serves as a key member of the Provost’s leadership team.

Dr. Santos holds a B.S. from the University of the Philippines, MS from Emporia State University, and a PhD from Utah State University. A member of the Department of Special Education since 1997, Dr. Santos is a leading authority on how families and culture influence the development of young children with disabilities. Her research focuses on young children with disabilities and their families within the context of early intervention and early childhood special education services. Specifically, she is interested in developing an understanding of the ecologic influence of families and culture on parents and professionals in facilitating young children’s development and learning.

Dr. Santos served as Acting Executive Vice Provost for Academic Affairs from August 2022 through July 2023, interim head of the Department of Special Education in the College of Education in 2016-2017 and as Provost Fellow from 2015-2016.