C. Cybele Raver
C. Cybele Raver is the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Vanderbilt University and a nationally recognized leader in higher education, developmental social science, and university strategy. Since her appointment in 2021, she has advanced transformational initiatives across Vanderbilt’s academic enterprise—launching the College of Connected Computing, recruiting five new deans, strengthening research infrastructure, and spearheading Discovery Vanderbilt to catalyze world-changing innovation.
Under her leadership, the university has expanded its academic footprint to New York City and West Palm Beach, approved a new interdisciplinary science building, and surpassed $1 billion in annual research expenditures.
A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Raver is the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College. Her research on children’s development, education policy, and poverty has garnered more than $24 million in funding from the NIH, NSF, MacArthur Foundation, Spencer Foundation, and others.
Prior to joining Vanderbilt, she served as deputy provost at NYU and held faculty roles at the University of Chicago and Cornell University. She earned her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Yale University.