Current Positions

• Vice President for Agriculture & Dean, College of Agriculture
• Professor of Sociology and Member of the Graduate Faculty

Contact and Personal Information

LSU AgCenter
101 Efferson Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Deans Office, College of Agriculture
Woodin Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Email: mlee@lsu.edu

Websites:

• Matthew R. Lee - LSU Department of Sociology
• Matthew Lee - Google Scholar

Education

2012 Institute for Management and Leadership in Education. Harvard University, Harvard Graduate School of Higher Education.

1999 Ph.D., Sociology, Louisiana State University

1996 M.A., Sociology, Louisiana State University

1994 B.A., Majors in Sociology and Philosophy, State University of New York at New Paltz.

1992 A.A., Liberal Arts and Sciences - Humanities and Social Science, Dutchess Community College (SUNY). With Honors.

Qualifications and Skills

• Promoted through academic ranks
• 12 years of senior-level university leadership experience
• Key leadership roles in University-wide strategic planning
• Significant executive-level administrative, budgeting and management experience in both academic and research verticals
• Visionary resource and metrics-oriented leader relentlessly focusing on growth and impact
• Data informed transformative decision-maker

Professional Employment

2023 April - Present: Vice President for Agriculture & Dean, College of Agriculture. LSU AgCenter and Louisiana State University.

2022 August – April 2023: Interim Vice President for Agriculture & Dean, College of Agriculture. LSU AgCenter and Louisiana State University.

2021 July – July 2022: Interim Executive Vice President & Provost, Louisiana State University.

2015 July – July 2021: Vice Provost, Academic Programs and Support Services, Office of Academic Affairs, Louisiana State University.

2010 September – June 2015: Promoted from Interim through Senior Associate Vice President, Office of Research & Economic Development, Louisiana State University.

2010 January – August: Provost Fellow, Office of Research & Economic Development, Louisiana State University.

2008 (August) - Present: Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University.

2005 - 2015: Co-Coordinator and Research Fellow, Crime and Policy Evaluation Research group (CAPER). https://www.lsu.edu/hss/sociology/research/CAPER/caper.php

2004 - 2008: Associate Professor of Sociology (hired with tenure), Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University.

2003 - 2004: Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Mississippi State University.

2000 - 2004: Research Fellow/Research Scientist, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University. Affiliated with Mississippi Crime and Justice Research Unit and Rural Health, Safety, and Security Institute.

1999 - 2003: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Mississippi State University.

1998 - 1999: Instructor, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University.

1997 - 1998: Supervisor, Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing Survey Research Lab. Louisiana Population Data Center, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University.

1995 - 1997: Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University.