Office of the Provost

James L. Llorens, Ph.D.

Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. James Llorens’ experience includes service in academic and government positions. His academic positions over the years at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana were as Chancellor; Dean of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Administration in the Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; and Assistant Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science.His other experience includes as Interim Chief Administrative Officer, and Assistant Chief Administrative Officer to the Mayor-President for the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge; President of Cristo Rey Baton Rouge High School; and Director of Human Resources for the City of Baton Rouge. Dr. Llorens holds a B.A. in Psychology from Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana; M.S. in Urban Affairs from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; and Ph.D. in Political Science from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Public Policy and Minority Communities at the Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and a Fellow in the American Council of Education (ACE) Fellows Program in Washington, D.C.Current and previous community service includes on the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors; founding member of 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Baton Rouge; CareSouth Community Health Center (FQHC) Board of Directors; Baton Rouge General Health Systems Board of Directors; and Capitol City Family Health Center Board of Directors. Dr. Llorens served in the United States Army in various leadership positions at platoon, company and battalion levels.