Laura Lee McIntyre, Ph.D. is a psychologist, educator, and higher education leader who assumed the role of Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Michigan State University on August 4, 2025. McIntyre’s faculty home is in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education where she is an MSU Research Foundation Distinguished Professor. Prior to her appointment at MSU, she served as Dean of the College of Education at the University of Oregon.
McIntyre has extensive leadership experience in higher education and has served as dean, department chair, director of graduate studies, research institute director, member of the faculty senate, and served two terms on the University of Oregon’s Board of Trustees. She is deeply committed to shared governance, academic freedom, and cultivating an environment where students, faculty, staff, and community can thrive. Her leadership is rooted in collaboration, relationship-building, and honest and transparent communication. Integrity, honesty, inclusion, and joy are some of the values that McIntyre brings to her leadership.
Laura Lee McIntyre’s research focuses on children’s mental and behavioral health, special education, and prevention and intervention to promote child and family well-being in vulnerable and underserved populations. Her work focuses on systems of care, including families, schools, and healthcare.
McIntyre has more than 120 publications and 270 scientific presentations. Her research has been supported by more than $25 million in grants from federal agencies, including NIH, IES, OSEP, and HHS. She is the recipient of several awards for her research and teaching, including early and mid-career research awards from the American Psychological Association and the American Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. McIntyre is the recipient of the Golden Apple Teaching award for undergraduate instruction and received a community service award from the Families for Effective Autism Treatment.
McIntyre has served as nationally elected president for two professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association’s Division on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the American Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.