Laura Lee McIntyre
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michigan State University
Provides leadership for matters that affect academic programs, research, and outreach involving faculty, students, and staff.
Laura Lee McIntyre, Ph.D. is a psychologist, educator, and higher education leader who assumed the role of Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Michigan State University on August 4, 2025. McIntyre’s faculty home is in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education where she is an MSU Research Foundation Professor. Prior to her appointment at MSU, she served as Dean of the College of Education at the University of Oregon.
McIntyre has extensive leadership experience in higher education and has served as dean, department chair, director of graduate studies, research institute director, member of the faculty senate, and served two terms on the University of Oregon’s Board of Trustees. She is deeply committed to shared governance, academic freedom, and cultivating an environment where students, faculty, staff, and community can thrive. McIntyre is a fierce supporter of public higher education and is committed to building trust with constituents across campus and in the community to accelerate the impact of higher education to promote public good. Her leadership is rooted in collaboration, relationship-building, and honest and transparent communication. Integrity, honesty, inclusion, and joy are some of the values that McIntyre brings to her leadership.
Laura Lee McIntyre’s research focuses on children’s mental and behavioral health, special education, and prevention and intervention to promote child and family well-being in vulnerable and underserved populations. Her work focuses on systems of care, including families, schools, and healthcare. McIntyre’s current NIH-funded research focuses on the long-term behavioral health outcomes of youth with and without disabilities following the school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
McIntyre has more than 120 publications and 270 scientific presentations. Her research has been supported by more than $25 million in grants from federal agencies, including NIH, IES, OSEP, and HHS. She is the recipient of several awards for her research and teaching, including early and mid-career research awards from the American Psychological Association and the American Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. One of her greatest joys is working with students and mentees. McIntyre is the recipient of the Golden Apple Teaching award for undergraduate instruction and received a community service award from the Families for Effective Autism Treatment.
McIntyre has served as nationally elected president for two professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association’s Division on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the American Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. She has held key editorial positions for several flagship journals in her field.
Laura Lee McIntyre received a B.A. in Developmental Psychology from La Sierra University, a master’s degree in Special Education from University of California-Riverside, and a Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of California-Riverside. She has held faculty positions at Syracuse University, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and the University of Oregon.
Laura Lee and her husband Bill have two children, Liam and Ella, and love the outdoors, a good book, traveling the world (but then returning to the comforts of home). Laura Lee and family are thrilled to be joining the Spartan community!
