Sr. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Houston System
Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Houston
Dr. Donald J. Foss assumed the position of Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost and UH System Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs in July 2005.
Prior to his appointment at UH, Dr. Foss served ten years as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. The Minneapolis, Minnesota native holds a Ph.D. in experimental psychology with a minor in child development from the University of Minnesota. Before joining Florida State University, Dr. Foss was psychology chair and professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
As the university’s leader of academic affairs, Dr. Foss is working to:
He and his wife have two daughters, Melissa and Lara.
