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About Academic Affairs

Who We Are

Academic Affairs is the central administrative office, with responsibility for the institutional academic mission, programming and policy implementation, support programs for academic personnel and students, academic fiscal management, and collective bargaining with the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-PSU Chapter), the Portland State University Faculty Association (PSUFA), and the Graduate Employee Union (GEU).

Academic Affairs is guided by the Provost who serves as chief academic officer of the university. Working with deans and other administrators, the Provost collaborates with the campus and external communities to achieve the academic mission and vision of the University.

The Vice Provosts in Academic Affairs bring a range of skills and expertise.

Academic Affairs is the administrative home for all academic units. See our organizational chart.

For individual Academic Affairs units, please refer to the Academic and Student Affairs Unit Contact Information. To review Portland State's administrative organization, see the university organizational chart.

Contact our Academic Affairs Office for more information.

Shelly Chabon, Ph.D.

Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs

Biography

MEET THE VICE PROVOSTS

Amy Mulkerin, Vice Provost for Academic Budget and Planning

Chris Monsere

Vice Provost for Faculty Success
monsere@pdx.edu | 503.725.9746

Chris Monsere, has served Portland State University since 2003. Before serving as Associate Dean in MCECS, he was chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from 2014 to 2021 and has served in many departmental, college, and university roles, including as a member of multiple bargaining teams and as a faculty senator. He received his doctorate and master’s in civil engineering from Iowa State University and a bachelor of civil engineering from the University of Detroit Mercy. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Oregon, and before joining Portland State University, he held engineering positions at the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Amy Mulkerin

Vice Provost for Academic Budget and Planning
amulk2@pdx.edu | 503.725.2277

Amy Mulkerin joined PSU in February 2021 as Vice Provost for Academic Budget and Planning. Amy has spent her career providing strategic financial leadership in a mission-driven context. She enjoys developing processes that align the use of financial resources with the delivery of the strategy and mission of the university. As Vice Provost for Academic Budget and Planning, she oversees the strategic budget management of the units within Academic Affairs.

Cristina Herrera

Interim Vice Provost for Student Success
cris34@pdx.edu | 503.725.8462

Cristina Herrera joined PSU in 2021 to serve as Director and Professor of Chicanx/Latinx Studies. Prior to her arrival to PSU, she was a professor of Chicano and Latin American Studies at Fresno State in California, serving as Department Chair from 2016-2020. Cristina holds a PhD in English from Claremont Graduate University and is a proud first generation Chicana professor. She is the author of a number of scholarly monographs on Chicanx and Latinx literature, including her most recent book, Welcome to Oxnard: Race, Place, and Chicana Adolescence in Michele Serros's Writings. Cristina is committed to expanding educational access for underrepresented students of color, and this is evident in her work leading the development of a bachelor's degree in Chicanx/Latinx Studies at PSU in 2023, the first degree of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.