New Provost at Appalachian State University

Lori Gonzalez was named provost and executive vice chancellor at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Since 2005, she has been serving as dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky. Her appointment is effective in September. Dr. Gonzalez has been an administrator at the University of Kentucky since 1991.

Dr. Gonzalez majored in speech pathology and audiology at the University of Kentucky. She earned a master’s degree in communication disorders at Eastern Kentucky University and Ph.D. in speech from the University of Florida.