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Carl Lejuez has been appointed the university’s new executive vice president and provost, announced Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis. He presently serves as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Connecticut (UConn).
As the chief academic officer at Stony Brook, Lejuez will be responsible for oversight of the academic mission of the university, providing direct supervision for all academic units, support services and operations, including enrollment management and student success, and coordinating all academic programs. In addition, the deans and directors of the colleges, schools, libraries, centers and institutes, including those in the Health Sciences related to nonclinical matters, will report to him.
He will also work collaboratively with Harold Paz, executive vice president of health sciences and CEO of Stony Brook University Medicine.
Prior to his affiliation with UConn, Lejuez served as interim provost and executive vice chancellor and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at The University of Kansas.
He was also a professor of psychology and associate dean for research for the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland, a research professor at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and an adjunct faculty member at the Yale Child Study Center in NewAv Haven, CT.
Lejuez holds an MA and PhD in clinical psychology from West Virginia University and earned his BA in psychology from Emory University.