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==Background==
 
==Background==
Born and raised in Chicago, Steele went to Hiram College in Ohio on a swimming scholarship. He went earned his doctorate in psychology from University of Ohio, and, since then, has taught at many institutions. During his tenure at the University of Michigan, he overlapped briefly with Bollinger. (Steele recalls first meeting his current boss in the UMich gym.) His most recent post has been at Stanford University, where he directed the school's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. As a social psychologist, Steele has focused on stereotype threat, a stream of research that elevated his name in the field.
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Born and raised in Chicago, Steele went to Hiram College in Ohio on a swimming scholarship. He went earned his doctorate in psychology from State University of Ohio, and, since then, has taught at many institutions. During his tenure at the University of Michigan, he overlapped briefly with Bollinger. (Steele recalls first meeting his current boss in the UMich gym.) His most recent post has been at Stanford University, where he directed the school's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. As a social psychologist, Steele has focused on stereotype threat, a stream of research that elevated his name in the field.
  
 
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Revision as of 10:41, 10 October 2009

Claude Steele is the Provost of the University and a professor of psychology. He succeeded Alan Brinkley and came from Stanford University. Steele works under Lee Bollinger


Background

Born and raised in Chicago, Steele went to Hiram College in Ohio on a swimming scholarship. He went earned his doctorate in psychology from State University of Ohio, and, since then, has taught at many institutions. During his tenure at the University of Michigan, he overlapped briefly with Bollinger. (Steele recalls first meeting his current boss in the UMich gym.) His most recent post has been at Stanford University, where he directed the school's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. As a social psychologist, Steele has focused on stereotype threat, a stream of research that elevated his name in the field.

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Preceded by
Alan Brinkley
Provost (Arts and Sciences) 
2009- Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent