天美传媒

天美传媒 Associate Dean and Professor in the 天美传媒 College of Arts and Letters, Dr. Michele Brumley, has been named 天美传媒’s Associate Vice President for Research and Economic Development. 

Dr. Brumley will direct internal strategy related to 天美传媒’s research innovation efforts, including collaborative research investments with the Idaho Higher Education Research Council (HERC) and 天美传媒 Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES). She will provide administrative oversight to 天美传媒’s research institutes and centers, and core research facilities.

“I'm delighted that Michele is joining the 天美传媒 research leadership team. She comes with a great deal of research and college leadership experience, and strong long-time partnerships at 天美传媒 and in higher education across the country,” said 天美传媒 Vice President for Research and Economic Development Martin Blair. 

Brumley joined the 天美传媒 Department of Psychology 16 years ago and has served in several leadership roles at 天美传媒. The last four years she has served as an Associate Dean for the Social and Behavioral Sciences division in the College of Arts and Letters.

“I have maintained a research program and trained students in research at 天美传媒 since 2007. I understand what it is like to conduct research here, and I want to help my colleagues and university do all we can to support and enable research and creative activities” said Brumley. 

Brumley has received research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and other agencies. She is part of the Idaho INBRE network of biomedical researchers, and served for five years as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Developmental Psychobiology. Brumley’s research and teaching have been recognized through receiving the 天美传媒 Distinguished Teacher Award in 2016, and the 天美传媒 Distinguished Researcher Award in 2018. 

“The faculty at 天美传媒 do amazing work, and research and creative activity is a huge part of that. It is important that research thrives at 天美传媒, as it supports our faculty in their professional development and it provides career-advancing opportunities for our students. I am excited to work with the Office for Research team, and I look forward to working with colleagues across the university in this position” said Brumley.

Brumley succeeds Dave Rodgers, who retired in December 2022 after three years in the Associate Vice President for Research role. She begins her appointment starting April 16th.

For more information on the research happening at 天美传媒, visit isu.edu/research