Lynn Vidler

L. Lynn Vidler, Ph.D. (they/them) is a graduate of New York University (BA ‘92) and the University of California, Irvine (MA ‘95, PhD ‘02) and currently serves as Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). As a scholar, their research focuses on leadership development and the study of theatrical staging practices in early-modern Spain. In addition to their role as Interim Provost, Vidler co-leads campus leadership development efforts including UCCS’s Higher Learning Commission Quality Initiative on Leadership Development. Vidler has also provided leadership on various boards, including the Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences, the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater, the Pikes Peak Workforce Development Board, the Bee Vradenburg Foundation and the Unity Project. They were previously Dean of the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences at UCCS, Professor, Program Director of Spanish and Associate Dean at the United States Military Academy (West Point) and Chair and Associate Dean at the University of South Dakota.