Dan Gianoutsos, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Learning Services
Phone
702-774-4612
Email
dan.gianoutsos@unlv.edu
Biography
Dr. Dan Gianoutsos serves as the Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Learning Services at the Ê×Ò³| Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» (UNLV), where he oversees the Academic Success Center (ASC) and undertakes campus-wide initiatives that are essential to advancing student success. As part of the broader UNLV Student and Academic Success (S.A.S.) area, the is a resource and service hub that partners across campus to support undergraduate students throughout their academic journey.
Dr. Gianoutsos brings over two decades of higher education experience to his leadership role as an Assistant Vice Provost. Previously, Dr. Gianoutsos served as the Senior Associate Dean of the ASC, where he played a pivotal role helping the Dean implement the ASC’s strategic goals and vision, while managing key operational aspects of the center. He also served as the ASC Director of Academic Transitions and Learning Support (ATLS), overseeing a broad portfolio of programs, including Tutoring, Supplemental Instruction, Academic Success Coaching, the Math Bridge Program, First- and Second-Year Seminars, Dual Enrollment, Peer Mentoring, and several scholarship programs.
His prior experience also includes leadership roles in both academic and student affairs divisions. Dr. Gianoutsos served as a coordinator of first-year programs and managing editor for an international scholarly journal, Journal of Research on Leadership Education. His professional experience at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) entails working as Interim Director of the Student Union, and Presidential Intern. Dr. Gianoutsos holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education from UNLV, a Master of Public Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in History from CSUB. He was also a Division-I student-athlete and two-term student body president at CSUB.
Dr. Gianoutsos is a proponent of transparent teaching and learning practices, having been an early contributor to the national Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) project spearheaded by Dr. Mary-Ann Winkelmes. He also served as a Faculty Development Fellow at UNLV, overseeing campus-wide teaching observation and consultation projects.
Dr. Gianoutsos’ research and teaching interests focus on first-year seminars (FYSs), student transition and success, commuter and residential student comparison, smartphone usage in learning environments, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).