Janet Schreck

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Innovation

Janet Simon Schreck is the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Innovation and Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) at Johns Hopkins University. In that role,  Dr. Schreck is responsible for leading and facilitating academic affairs and academic innovation across Johns Hopkins University, including undergraduate education initiatives, regional accreditation, academic compliance, state authorization, institutional and learning assessment, as well as special projects assigned by the provost.  Together with the decanal co-chairs, Dr. Schreck co-led the Second Commission on Undergraduate Education (CUE2) and served as a primary author of the 2020 CUE2 report. Dr. Schreck also led the university in the selection, procurement, and implementation of its first university-wide learning assessment platform and developed the vision for the Johns Hopkins University Comprehensive Learner Record (JHU-CLR). She served as co-chair and functional lead for the university’s 2023-4 Middle States Commission on Higher Education self-study and reaccreditation effort. 

Currently, Dr. Schreck is collaborating with university partners to implement a strategic plan for expansion of the university’s non-degree and non-credit (NDNC) and microcredential offerings.  She  also serves as co-chair for university’s AI Teaching and Learning Governance subcommittee.  

Dr. Schreck is an associate professor in the School of Education where she teaches and advises in the EdD and PhD programs. She also served as interim chair for its Advanced Studies in Education department for academic year 2023-4.

A licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologist with a focus on neurogenic disorders in adults, Dr. Schreck published multiple articles and delivered numerous national presentations on the topics of cognitive-communication changes associated with typical aging as well as screening, assessment, and treatment of cognitive-communication disorders associated with dementia. Her more recent scholarly focus has shifted to studying innovations in higher education curriculum development, learning assessment, advising, and credentialing.

Dr. Schreck earned her B.A. and M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Loyola University Maryland and Ph.D. in Gerontology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Dr. Schreck is a Fellow of the Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association, a Distinguished Practitioner and Fellow in the National Academy of Practice, and an emeritus board member of the Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities.