Kimberly Andrews Espy
Espy in 2017
13th President of Wayne State University
Assumed office
August 1, 2023
Preceded byM. Roy Wilson
Personal details
Alma materRice University
University of Houston

Kimberly Andrews Espy is an American academic administrator and neuropsychologist serving as the 13th president of Wayne State University since 2023. Her translational neuroscience research focuses on young children and their learning and health outcomes. She was provost of the University of Texas at San Antonio from 2018 to 2023.

Life

Espy is from Cincinnati.[1] She earned a B.A. in psychology from Rice University in 1985.[2][3] She completed a M.A. (1988) and Ph.D. (1994) in clinical neuropsychology from the University of Houston.[2][3] Her dissertation was titled, Neurobehavioral Development in Preterm Infants Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine.[4] Espy conducted a clinical and pediatric psychology internship at the Bingham Child Guidance Center at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1992.[2][3] In 1996, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.[2][3]

Espy is a neuroscientist and psychologist.[2] In 1996, she joined the faculty at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine as an assistant professor teaching first-year medical student neuroscience.[1][3] She was promoted to associate professor in 2002 and professor in 2005.[3] Espy's translational research focused on young children's ability to control their attention and its relation to their learning and health outcomes.[2] She joined the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2005 as an associate vice chancellor for research and a professor in the department of psychology where she directed the neuroscience laboratory.[3] From 2010 to 2011, she was the acting dean of graduate studies.[3]

In 2011, Espy became a vice president for research and innovation, dean of the graduate school, and a professor in the department of psychology and the department of special education and clinical sciences at the University of Oregon.[1][3] She served as the senior vice president for research at the University of Arizona.[2] In 2017, she was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[5] Espy is also an elected fellow of the American Psychological Association.[1] In June 2018, she became the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio.[2] She was succeeded by interim provost Heather Shipley.[6] On August 1, 2023 she became the 13th president of Wayne State University, succeeding M. Roy Wilson.[2][6] Espy is the first woman to serve in the role.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kimberly Andrews Espy elected 13th president of Wayne State University". Today@Wayne. June 30, 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dolan, Matthew (June 29, 2023). "Wayne State University plans to name Kimberly Andrews Espy its next university president". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Espy, Kimberly Andrews. "Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  4. ↑ Espy, Kimberly Andrews (1994). Neurobehavioral Development in Preterm Infants Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine (Ph.D. thesis). University of Houston. OCLC 31892827.
  5. ↑ Hoy, Anne Q. (20 November 2017). "2017 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Advancing Science". American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  6. 1 2 "UTSA Provost elected president of Wayne State University". The University of Texas at San Antonio. June 29, 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  7. ↑ Kelley, Ingrid (2023-08-22). "Wayne State University taps 1st woman president in school history". FOX 2 Detroit. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
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