Dr. James R. Hintz serves as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Success, Inclusion, and Belonging at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  He is responsible for developing strategies to enhance student success and engagement by leveraging and aligning curricular and co-curricular student experiences.  He co-chairs the Chancellor’s Committee to Support Homecoming and serves on the Student Success Initiative steering committee.  

Prior to Illinois, Dr. Hintz served as the Roger C. Stewart Director of the Leadership & Professional Development Initiative (LPDI) at Purdue University. He was responsible for championing a campus-wide strategy for student leadership development that prepared more students for career-oriented growth, by helping them translate their experiences into better job placement and advancement opportunities.  Dr. Hintz has served as Assistant to the Vice Provost, Interim Dean of Students and Associate Dean of Students for Student Activities and Organizations at Purdue University. Preceding Purdue University, he worked at the University of Connecticut as the inaugural Director of Off-Campus Student Services and Ohio University as the Assistant Director of Campus Life for Off-Campus and Community Services.

A native of Norwalk, Ohio, Dr. Hintz earned his Ph.D. in higher education administration from Indiana State University and both a M.Ed. in college student personnel and a B.S.S. in social and managerial science from Ohio University.