2024-2025 Creating and Sustaining a Respectful Work Environment Series
This series of workshops is intended for leaders (executive managers, deans, directors, chairs, and supervisors, level 12-17) from across the University to work together to improve the current climate and culture in their units and across the greater campus community.
Conversations with MSU Leaders
These sessions provide the President and Provost the opportunity to speak with deans, directors, chairs, executive managers, and staff supervisors level 15-17, to promote ongoing communication and to discuss current issues,
Ellen Moll
Ellen Moll was named Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies for the College of Arts & Letters in January 2024. Moll had served as Interim Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies starting in May 2023.
Mark Largent
Mark Largent currently serves MSU as the vice provost and dean of Undergraduate Education. He is an historian of science and joined MSU in 2005 as an assistant professor in James Madison College,
Allyn Shaw
Allyn Shaw, Ph.D., is the Assistant Vice President for Student Development and Leadership and Dean of Students at Michigan State University. After serving nine years, as the Associate Director,
Sonja Fritzsche
Through her position of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Administration in the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University where she has served since 2017,
Aron Sousa
Aron Sousa, MD, FACP, has been the dean of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine since 2022, making him the seventh dean of the medical school.
Dean Sousa served twice as interim dean for the college from 2015-2016 and from 2019-2022.
Kendra Spence Cheruvelil
Dr. Kendra Spence Cheruvelil is dean of MSUs Lyman Briggs College (LBC) and a professor of aquatic ecology. LBC is MSU’s residential college for ~2000 undergraduates who are studying the sciences within their societal and global contexts.
2024-25 Mentors for Leadership Fellows
Introduction
As part of our Leadership Fellows Program, four MSU academic administrators serve as mentors to our fellows and work collaboratively on a project to benefit their colleges.
Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson (he/him) is assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for James Madison College at Michigan State University. In this capacity, he leads all DEI initiatives for the College.