Jamie Comstock

Jamie Comstock is a Professor of Communication at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana who specializes in organizational development and leadership. She previously served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Butler University and has held senior administrative posts at other universities. Early in her academic career, Comstock was a lecturer in the Department of Communications at Illinois State University and a tenured faculty member and program director at the University of West Florida. She later moved into administration at Saint Louis University and then served as Vice President and Dean of the College at Baker University and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Millikin University.

Education and Scholarship
Comstock earned a PhD in Communication from the University of Arizona, and holds bachelors and masters degrees in Communication from Illinois State University.

Butler University
Comstock succeeded J. William Berry on July 1, 2008 to become provost at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. She also served as acting president twice during her tenure as provost. Comstock oversaw the creation of Butler's sixth college, the College of Communication. During Comstock's time as Provost, the University drew national attention when it sued one of its own students who had written an annymous blog about the institution and its administrators. The lawsuit was condemned by many media outlets as having a chilling effect on free speech. The university discovered the identity of the blogger by subpoena in June 2009. They dropped the lawsuit that October.

Comstock stepped down from her role as provost to rejoin the faculty in November 2011.