Kim Eby

Distinguished Service Professor and Associate Professor

Leadership and Faculty Development, Community Psychology, Violence and Gender

Kim Eby

Distinguished Service Professor and Associate Professor

Kim Eby joined the Mason community in 1996. A community psychologist by training, she has been a faculty member in the School of Integrative Studies, Women and Gender Studies, and Psychology. Her professional and scholarly interests include issues surrounding leadership, leadership and faculty development, faculty affairs, organizational development and change, and collaboration and community building across a variety of contexts. She has presented at national meetings and consulted with individual institutions on topics such as leading institutional change; learning space design; interdisciplinary collaboration; working with student and faculty equity and inclusion; and other issues related to faculty, teaching and learning, and leadership development.

In 2002, Kim was awarded the George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award for her design, use, and assessment of innovative and high-impact teaching and learning practices. From 2007-2016, she served as Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Director of the Center for Teaching and Faculty Excellence (now Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning). In that role, she provided programming, consultations, and professional development support to George Mason faculty and graduate students, with an emphasis on teaching and learning. In 2016, her responsibilities expanded to faculty affairs and development, leading to her service as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs & Development (2021-2026). As Vice Provost, she was responsible for all matters pertaining to George Mason faculty's professional well-being, development, and success, including providing support for faculty career development, recognizing faculty excellence, cultivating academic leadership, and implementing policies and practices that support faculty at George Mason.

Kim is on study leave for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Education

Kim earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Community Psychology from Michigan State University and her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Indiana University at Bloomington.