Kimberly Andrews Espy
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Kimberly Andrews Espy | |
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 Espy in 2023 | |
| 13th President of Wayne State University | |
| Assumed office August 1, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | M. Roy Wilson |
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| Alma mater | Rice University (BA) University of Houston (MA, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
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| Thesis | Neurobehavioral development in preterm infants prenatally exposed to cocaine (1994) |
Kimberly Andrews Espy is an American neuropsychology scholar who has been serving as the 13th president of Wayne State University in Detroit since August 2023.
Education
[edit]Espy received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in psychology from Rice University in 1985. She received a Master of Arts in 1988 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1994, both in clinical neuropsychology and from the University of Houston. She was a postdoctral research at the University of Arizona College of Medicine from 1994 to 1996.[1]
Career
[edit]Espy served at the University of Oregon, where she led a partnership to establish the South Willamette Valley Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network and secured its initial state funding. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she coordinated proposals for the Nanoscience Metrology Facility and the High Energy Laser Science Collaboratory, as well as shepherded the transdisciplinary research initiative and stadium expansion for the founding of the Center for Brain, Biology & Behavior.[2]
UTSA also received a $40 million gift from Mackenzie Scott to advance student success. Espy oversaw the establishment of the Najim Center for Innovation and Career Advancement and the opening of the San Pedro 1 Building, housing UTSA's School for Data Science. She partnered to establish the University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio and launched the redesigned the College for Health, Community, and Policy, and the College of Engineering and Integrated Design.[3]
Espy became the president of Wayne State University on Aug. 1, 2023, becoming the institution's first female president.[4] Espy has focused on leveraging the institution's research to benefit the Detroit region.[5]
She received a Women's Leadership Award from the San Antonio Business Journal for her community contributions.[6]
Social engagement
[edit]Espy has served as an Executive Committee Member on Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities councils. She was twice elected as member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and has served on the Board of Directors of the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protections Programs, the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science, and the Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium, reflecting her commitment to impactful research. Additionally, she has had roles in the San Antonio Medical Foundation, Campus Research Corporation, and the Arizona Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH – Espy, Kimberly Andrews" (PDF). University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae, Kimberly Andrews Espy".
- ^ "UTSA Provost elected president of Wayne State University". UTSA. June 2023.
- ^ "Media Advisory: Wayne State University President Kimberly Andrews Espy takes oath of office". Wayne State University. August 16, 2023.
- ^ "College to Career -- Office of the President". November 8, 2023.
- ^ "UTSA Provost Espy recognized with a Women's Leadership Award from S.A. Business Journal". August 2022.
- ^ "About Kimberly Andrews Espy". Office of the President. 2023-08-15. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- Living people
- Scientists from Cincinnati
- Rice University alumni
- University of Houston alumni
- Southern Illinois University faculty
- University of Nebraska faculty
- University of Oregon faculty
- University of Arizona faculty
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellows of the American Psychological Association
- University of Texas at San Antonio faculty
- Wayne State University faculty
- Women heads of universities and colleges
- Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
- 21st-century American psychologists
- 21st-century American women scientists
- 21st-century American biologists
- American women psychologists
- Neuropsychologists
- American women neuroscientists
- American neuroscientists