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OVPAMA People

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Lester P. Monts, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Academic and Multicultural Affairs
Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology)

John Matlock, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice Provost and
Director, Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives

Pamela T. Horne
Assistant to the Vice Provost for Academic and Multicultural Affairs

Laura E. SanFacon
Senior Executive Secretary

Lester P. Monts
Vice Provost for Academic and Multicultural Affairs
Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology)

Professor Monts came to the University of Michigan in 1993, continuing his distinguished career as both a scholar and academic administrator. He received the B.A. degree in Music from Arkansas Polytechnic College, the Master of Music from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1972, and the Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Minnesota in 1980. He has served on the faculties of Edinboro University, the University of Minnesota, Case Western Reserve University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. At Santa Barbara, he served as Dean of Undergraduate Affairs in the College of Letters and Science and directed the Undergraduate Honors Program.

Professor Monts has focused his scholarly research on the musical and cultural systems among the Vai people of Liberia, and he is regarded as one of the world's leading scholars on the music and culture of the Guinea coast region of West Africa. He has published in numerous scholarly journals in the United States, Europe, and Africa, and presented his research at many national and international conferences. His book, Vai Musical Language, explores Vai folk etymologies related to the intersection between music and linguistic phenomena. He is currently working on a book that will examine the influence of Islam on the continuity and change of music in funerary rituals among the Vai.

As Vice Provost, Dr. Monts chairs the Governing Board of the International Institute, sponsors a number of faculty grant and award programs, supervises several academic affairs units , and works with colleagues throughout the university to enhance the intellectual diversity of research, teaching, and learning.

Dr. Monts holds active memberships in the African Studies Association, the Society for Ethnomusicology, the Liberian Studies Association, the College Music Society, the International Trumpet Guild, and the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors. He serves as a consultant to the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the American Council on Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Tubman Center of African Culture. He is a member of the Nationa l Advisory Board for the North Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation, the Board of Directors of the University Musical Society, the Ann Arbor Summer Festival Governing Board, the Education Advisory Board of the National Football League, and the Visiting C ommittee for the Department of Music at Harvard University.

As Director of the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI), Dr. Matlock manages research programs, multicultural activities, pre-college initiatives, student leadership training, and academic enrichment activities. The OAMI involves a large number of students with its own programs and supports student-initiated academic and multicultural programming. As Assistant Vice Provost, he provides leadership in developing and implementing the multicultural goals of the University and maintains active relationships with the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti and Detroit communities.

Prior to returning to the University of Michigan in 1990, Dr. Matlock served nearly a decade as chief of staff to U.S. Representative John Conyers of Michigan and U.S. Representative Harold Ford of Tennessee. Dr. Matlock was also Director of Institutiona l Research and Planning at Tennessee State University and Director of the University of Michigan's Community Relations Office. He received his B.S. from Ferris State University, and his M.A. in Journalism and Ph.D. in Higher Education both from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Matlock has traveled extensively, particularly in West Africa and the Caribbean. He is actively involved in writing and research activities, as well as political consulting. A strong believer in grassroots politics, he is particularly interested in helping communities and social organizations develop strategies to strengthen their political effectiveness.

Pam Horne plans and directs the administrative and operational activities of the Office of the Vice Provost. She manages the Faculty Award Programs, coordinates office public relations and publications, and provides committ ee, task force, and programmatic assistance to the Vice Provost.

Holding both a B.A. and an M.S.Ed from the University of Kansas, Ms. Horne has worked in higher education administration for over twenty years. She worked at the University of Kansas, Mercy College of Detroit, and Eastern Michigan University before comin g to Michigan in 1984. Prior to joining the OVPAMA staff, Ms. Horne directed Orientation and Campus Information programs and services at the University.