Dr. Livingston Alexander was named the third president of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford on April 24, 2003, and officially began his duties on August 1, 2003. Within a matter of weeks after beginning his duties, Dr. Alexander launched a campus wide strategic planning effort that resulted in a new vision for the university, and eight major strategic directions and actions plans to advance a very ambitious institutional agenda. He formed a leadership team and is now working with the team and campus community to implement strategic initiatives across a broad range of areas, including academic programming, the arts, capital improvements, economic development, enrollment management, fundraising, and marketing and branding.
Before assuming the Pitt-Bradford presidency, Dr. Alexander was the provost and vice president for academic affairs and professor of psychology at Kean University in Union, NJ. During his tenure at Kean University, Dr. Alexander provided leadership in strategic planning, academic programming, assessment, accreditation, organizational restructuring, international studies, general education revision, fundraising, development of partnerships with two- and four-year institutions, distance education, minority faculty recruitment, and professional development for faculty and academic affairs administrators.
Dr. Alexander began his career in higher education as an assistant professor of psychology at Western Kentucky University and later advanced to the rank of professor. After completing an American Council on Education Fellowship in higher education administration, Dr. Alexander assumed successive positions as department head at Georgia Southern University, associate vice president for academic affairs and director of graduate studies at Western Kentucky University, and vice president for academic affairs at Troy State University in Montgomery, Ala.
Dr. Alexander has had numerous publications and presentations in such areas as learning, cognition, planning and assessment of learning outcomes. During the last 12 years, he has been a frequent presenter of seminars and training workshops at colleges, universities, national conferences and professional associations throughout the country on leadership and diversity.
Dr. Alexander is a faculty member and seminar leader for the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship Program in higher education administration. He was recently selected by the ACE board of directors to serve as a member of ACE’s Commission on Leadership Development and Institutional Effectiveness.
Dr. Alexander is a native of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, and a graduate of the University of Houston (Texas). He and his wife, Evelyn, have three children — Erika, Jason and Alicia.