Dr. Patrice DiQuinzio will serve as Randolph-Macon College’s Interim Provost for the 2026-2027 academic year, President Michael Hill announced Friday. Dr. DiQuinzio will begin her work on April 13, allowing for several weeks of overlap before current Provost Alisa Rosenthal departs for the same role at Denison University at the conclusion of the 2025-2026 academic year.

DiQuinzio brings a depth of experience in academic leadership to the interim role, including service as the Provost and Dean of the College at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., from 2017-2020. In that role, she oversaw the creation of two new majors (biochemistry and neuroscience) and four new minors with a professional focus, including data analytics and arts management. She previously served Washington College as Associate Provost for Academic Services from 2008-2017, overseeing student advising, academic support services, first-year experience, and more.

“Dr. DiQuinzio will focus on the day-to-day leadership of Academic Affairs, with particular attention to ensuring a strong launch and early success for our new Center for Student Success,” President Hill said. “In parallel, we will soon announce the appointment of an Associate Provost and Dean of Student Success, a permanent position that will be central to this work.”

DiQuinzio was selected from a strong pool of candidates identified through the Registry, through which she previously served in multiple interim roles, including as Interim Provost at York College of Pennsylvania and Interim Director of the Center for Access and Academic Success at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Prior to her time at Washington College, DiQuinzio served as a Professor of Philosophy and Director of Women’s Studies at Muhlenberg College from 1994-2008. She is the author of The Impossibility of Motherhood: Feminism, Individualism, and the Problem of Mothering (Routledge, 1999). DiQuinzio earned her B.A. from Villanova University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College.

“I’m delighted that I can help Randolph-Macon during this time of transition. As a premier liberal arts college that has broadened its focus to include pre-professional programs and is resolutely focused on student success, RMC is on the path to an exciting future,” DiQuinzio said. “I look forward to working with everyone at RMC, especially President Hill and the faculty, to help move this vision forward.”

DiQuinzio will not be a candidate for the permanent Provost role, for which a national search is forthcoming.