About the Provost
Dr. Claudia DeVries Beversluis is the provost of Calvin College, a position she assumed in 2006. Provost Beversluis began her tenure at Calvin in 1990, first as a faculty member in the Psychology Department and later as dean for instruction. A native of Chicago, Provost Beversluis received her masters in clinical psychology in 1981 and her Ph.D. in 1983 from Loyola University. Prior to Calvin, she served as a minister of congregational life and as a clinical psychologist specializing in child, adolescent, and family therapy. Her teaching and research have been in brain and behavior, identity development, gender and sexuality, adolescents and worship, and community engagement. She is a co‑editor of the book Community and Connection: Service Learning and Christian Higher Education, and frequently gives lectures and workshops on higher education.
Academic Affairs Division
- provost
- Claudia D. Beversluis, Ph.D. (Loyola), professor of psychology
academic deans
- academic dean for the division of arts, languages, and education
- Mark F. Williams, Ph.D. (Illinois), professor of classical languages
- academic dean for the division of natural sciences and mathematics
- Stanley L. Haan, Ph.D. (Colorado), professor of physics
- academic dean for the division of social sciences and contextual disciplines
- Cheryl Kreykes Brandsen, Ph.D. (Michigan State), professor of social work
- dean for multicultural affairs
- Michelle R. Loyd-Paige, Ph.D. (Purdue), professor of sociology
- dean for institutional effectiveness
- Michael J. Stob, Ph.D. (Chicago), professor of mathematics
- dean for research and scholarship
- Matthew S. Walhout, Ph.D. (Maryland), professor of physics
- registrar and director of academic services
- Thomas L. Steenwyk, M.A. (Michigan State)
