Claude Steele

Claude Steele is the Provost of the University and a professor of psychology. He succeeded Alan Brinkley and came from Stanford University. Steele works under Lee Bollinger

Background

Born and raised in Chicago, Steele went to Hiram College in Ohio on a swimming scholarship. He went earned his doctorate in psychology from The Ohio State University, and, since then, has taught at many institutions. During his tenure at the University of Michigan, he overlapped briefly with Bollinger. (Steele recalls first meeting his current boss in the UMich gym.) His most recent post has been at Stanford University, where he directed the school's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. As a social psychologist, Steele has focused on stereotype threat, a stream of research that elevated his name in the field.

External links

• Stanford Psychology Professor Claude M. Steele Appointed Columbia University’s Next Provost, Columbia University News, May 13, 2009.
• Incoming Provost Claude Steele Brings Practical Outlook to Post, Columbia Spectator, May 19, 2009

Preceded by Alan Brinkley

Provost (Arts and Sciences)  2009- Present

Succeeded by Incumbent