Kevin Guskiewicz | |
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22nd President of Michigan State University | |
Assumed office March 4, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Samuel L. Stanley Teresa Woodruff (Interim) |
12th Chancellor of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
In office February 6, 2019 – January 11, 2023 Acting: February 6, 2019 – December 13, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Carol Folt |
Succeeded by | Lee H. Roberts (Interim) |
Personal details | |
Born | Latrobe, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 8, 1966
Education | West Chester University (BS) University of Pittsburgh (MS) University of Virginia (PhD) |
Kevin Guskiewicz (/ɡʌs.kəˈwɪts/ GUS-kə-wits; born April 8, 1966) is an American academic administrator who is the president of Michigan State University.[1] He previously served as the 12th chancellor and 30th chief executive of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2]
A Greater Latrobe High School athlete who participated in football and tennis,[3] Guskiewicz graduated from West Chester University with a bachelor's in athletic training in 1989,[4] from University of Pittsburgh with a master's degree, where he worked for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and from University of Virginia with a Ph.D. in 1995.[5] He was a member of the National Football League’s head, neck and spine committee,[6] and partnered with the NCAA.[7]
Guskiewicz was a neuroscientist, sports medicine researcher, and the Kenan Distinguished Professor at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is one of the Principal Investigators of the Injury Prevention Research Center,[8] and directs the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center.[9] He is a 2011 MacArthur Fellow.[10] On January 1, 2016, he became Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill.[11] On February 6, 2019, he was announced as interim chancellor,[12] and on December 13, 2019, he was named chancellor by the UNC Board of Governors.[13] On December 8, 2023 the Michigan State University Board of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint Guskiewicz as the 22nd president of the university. His term began on March 4, 2024.[14]
Guskiewicz was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his wife and four children.[2]