Carl Lejuez

Carl Lejuez was appointed executive vice president and provost at Stony Brook University, effective July 1, 2022. President Maurie McInnis announced the appointment on April 27.

Lejuez was previously provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of Connecticut.

As the chief academic officer at Stony Brook, Lejuez is 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.

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 of 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 New Haven, CT.

Lejuez holds a MA and PhD in clinical psychology from West Virginia University and earned his BA in psychology from Emory University.