Dr. Kauline Cipriani Davis, Assistant to the Provost, has responsibilities within the areas of academic affairs and diversity. She received her PhD from Purdue’s Department of Food Science in food microbiology in 2005; her MS in Microbiology and Genetics from the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue in 1998; and her BS in Biology from Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas in 1991. Dr. Davis joined the Office of the Provost from Science Administration, where she served as the Assistant Director of the Women in Science Programs, with duties that included coordinating pre-college and undergraduate programming. While at Purdue, she has served as Interim Assistant Director of Multicultural Science Programs, a co-mentor for the Minority Access to Research Careers - Access Internally for Minorities (MARC-AIM) program, and has also worked with the LSAMP/AGEP program office and the NIH Summer Research Institute for Diversity in Biomedical Sciences.