Ann Marie Stock

Ann Marie Stock serves as the Presidential Liaison for Strategic Cultural Partnerships at William & Mary. In her role, she leads initiatives that expand and enhance cultural collaborations, advance shared priorities, and increase visibility and impact. She oversees the William & Mary Bray School Lab, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, and research at James Monroe's Highland.

From 2017-2021, Dr. Stock served as William & Mary's Vice Provost for Academic & Faculty Affairs, responsible for a range of initiatives designed to enhance teaching and learning at the institution, among them spearheading the creation of the Studio for Teaching & Learning Innovation and serving as P.I. on the Mellon Foundation "Sharing Authority" grant.

An exceptionally active and deeply engaged academic leader, Dr. Stock has contributed to William & Mary's diversity and inclusion priorities, internationalization, interdisciplinary inquiry, and faculty-student research. She has directed three academic programs (Hispanic Studies, Film and Media Studies, and Latin American Studies), served as Acting Dean of International Affairs and Director of the Reves Center for International Studies, and was selected as the inaugural W&M Libraries Faculty Scholar where she led the creation of an open access resource devoted to Cuban cinema. Dr. Stock's efforts have been recognized in her selection as a recipient of the Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence, the Alumni Association Staff Award for Excellence, and a Chancellor Professorship.

A specialist on cultural representation and identity, Dr. Stock has authored and edited more than 100 publications, including On Location in Cuba: Street Filmmaking during Times of Transition (UNC Press, 2009) and World Film Locations: Havana (Intellect, 2014). She founded the non-profit Cuban Cinema Classics and teamed up with library colleagues to create the digital humanities Cuba Media Project and co-curate several exhibits. Her expertise has been sought by such media outlets as NBC, ABC, Virginia Public Radio and the New York Times.

Dr. Stock, who received a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, an M.A. from Purdue University, and a B.A. from Hamline University, has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including a Rockefeller Fellowship in Museum Studies at the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives, Fulbright Research-Lecture Award, and grants from the MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Social Science Research Council, among others.