Andrew T. Phillips, Ph.D.

 

Andrew Phillips returned to the U.S. Naval Academy as the chief academic officer in 2009 after having served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. At UW-Eau Claire he had been responsible for providing institution-wide leadership for the university's academic programs, for personnel matters, for establishing and supporting graduate programs, and for developing and guiding the university's contribution to economic development throughout the state of Wisconsin. 

At UW-Eau Claire Dr. Phillips helped to establish the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and led the campus-wide Higher Learning Commission reaccreditation effort. The former supported the University’s primary focus on excellence in teaching and student learning with a special emphasis on equity, diversity, and inclusivity; while the latter helped foster revisions of the campus budgeting and program review processes.  In addition, as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dr. Phillips was responsible for leadership and oversight of the campus continuing education division, the information technology unit, the campus library, and the campus assessment program. Dr. Phillips also served as principal author of several state funded base budget appropriations, totaling over $4M, in support of science and engineering initiatives on the UW-Eau Claire campus. 

Dr. Phillips began his academic career as a civilian faculty member in computer science at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1988.  In 1998 he moved to UW-Eau Claire to serve as department chair in computer science, as position he held until he become the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies in 2004.  Dr. Phillips has been a program evaluator for ABET, Inc. since 1997, and he was a member of its Computing Accreditation Commission from 2004-2009.

 Dr. Phillips is a 1984 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, and earned his masters (in 1986) and doctor of philosophy (in 1988) degrees, both in Computer Science, at the University of Minnesota. He is married to the former Lisa Margaret Murphy of Alexandria, Virginia. They have five children.