
In 2011, Dr. Bowen was appointed vice president for academic affairs at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. In July 2013 she was promoted to executive vice president and provost at Fitchburg State. Earlier in her career, Dr. Bowen held administrative posts at Donnelly College in Kansas City, Kansas, Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, and Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri.
A native of Carl Junction, Missouri, Dr. Bowen is a graduate of the University of Kansas, where she majored in occupational therapy. She earned a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling from the University of Arkansas and a doctorate in higher education administration from Texas Tech University in Lubbock.


