Dr. Steve Graham serves as the Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Director of the President's Academic Leadership Institute at the University of Missouri System. In that role he is responsible for leadership development, academic program review, new degree programs, and oversight for the University of Missouri New Faculty Teaching Scholars program. Dr. Graham is a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri - Columbia (MU). Prior to holding his current position, he served as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Continuing Education and as Director of Continuing Professional Education on the MU campus. He has over 20 years of experience in higher education, working as an administrator and professor. He has written approximately 70 articles or papers on a variety of topics including leadership development, manager coaching, college outcomes research, adult learning, adult development, continuing education, and telecommunications training.
Much of his work has been in the areas of continuing and professional education where he was involved in marketing and program development. For the past decade he has been involved in training development and consulting, providing educational consulting services to a variety of clients in such areas as banking, law, manufacturing, telecommunications, and computing. He also conducted research and evaluation on the effects of training.
Dr. Graham earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Coe College, a master's degree in college personnel and a doctoral degree in higher education administration from The University of Iowa.