AUSTIN (KXAN) — Art Markman, a long-time staff member and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, said he was “dismissed” from his academic administration role at UT “due to ideological differences.”
Markman is a Professor of Psychology and Marketing at UT and was, until recently, the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.
According to an announcement Markman made on LinkedIn earlier this week, he was dismissed from his role as Senior Vice Provost in September.
“The leadership at the University of Texas dismissed me from my academic administration role due to ideological differences,” the post read in part.
KXAN reached out to UT for a comment on the decision. The university’s media relations office said, “UT does not comment on individual employment matters.” Markman also declined to comment further Thursday.
In his LinkedIn post, Markman said he’d have some announcements in the coming weeks about a new chapter in his professional career. He remains a faculty member as of Thursday, but is no longer on the university’s administrative staff.
Markman’s faculty biography on UT’s website still titles him as Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, but the UT staff directory webpage for the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost lists Juan Dominguez as the Interim Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.
Dominguez is a professor of psychology, pharmacology, and neuroscience, and is a widely published and highly cited research scientist, according to his faculty bio. He has previously served in various leadership roles at the university.
Markman has been at the university for 27 years and stepped into the role of Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs in 2021. He is also the founder of Human Dimensions of Organizations at UT Austin and is one of the hosts of the 2 Guys on Your Head podcast by KUT.
According to his UT faculty bio, Markman’s job as Senior Vice Provost included providing strategic oversight and planning for the university’s credit-bearing programs and non-credit open-enrollment, certificate and custom programs aimed at nontraditional students. He also oversaw the development of innovative education offerings.
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