Kim A. Wilcox

Dr. Kim A. Wilcox is the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Riverside, where he has overseen transformational change since assuming his role in 2013. Under Dr. Wilcox’s leadership, UCR has doubled its research awards, grown enrollment 25%, added schools of medicine and public policy, and expanded faculty while increasing diversity among incoming faculty members.

During his tenure, UCR has become a model for achieving student success, especially across socio-economic and ethnic categories. UCR has also been named the No. 1 public university in the United States for social mobility by U.S. News for four consecutive years.

Dr. Wilcox was one of the founding leaders of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) and the alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRU). He serves on the Council of Competitiveness and on boards for numerous organizations including the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities and Climate Leadership Network.

A first-generation college graduate, Dr. Wilcox received his B.A. from Michigan State University, and master’s and doctoral degrees in speech and hearing science from Purdue University. Prior to UCR, he served as provost at Michigan State, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas, and president and chief executive officer of the Kansas Board of Regents.