Lise Youngblade has been appointed interim provost and executive vice president at Colorado State University.
Dr. Youngblade has been a Colorado State faculty member for the past 20 years. She first joined the university in 2006 as head of the department of human development and family studies. She served in this capacity until 2019, when she was named to her most recent role as dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences. During her tenure, Dr. Youngblade has also served as the college’s associate dean for research and associate dean for strategic initiatives.
An applied developmental scientist, Dr. Youngblade specializes in child and adolescent emotional development, access to healthcare for vulnerable youth, program evaluation, and analysis of developmental processes in educational and community contexts. Before joining the Colorado State faculty, she was associate director of the Institute for Child Health Policy at the University of Florida.
Dr. Youngblade is an honors graduate of the University of Oregon, where she majored in psychology. After earning her master’s degree and Ph.D. in human development and family studies from Pennsylvania State University, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Albany Challenging Behavior Project at the University at Albany in New York.