Diana L. Burley

Diana L. Burley, Ph.D., currently serves as the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation at American University, a position expanded in June 2022 following their leadership in growing the university's research enterprise significantly since July 2020. Prior to this role, Diana held the title of Vice Provost for Research and was the Executive Director and Chair of the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection from October 2015 to July 2020, where the focus was on enhancing the cyber infrastructure of the United States. Additional academic roles include Full Professor and Associate Dean at The George Washington University, and various faculty positions at Syracuse University and Indiana University Bloomington. Diana's early career included a position as Program Director at the National Science Foundation, overseeing substantial grant programs in computer science education. Educational credentials include a Ph.D. and multiple master's degrees from Carnegie Mellon University, complemented by a BA in Economics from The Catholic University of America.