UCLI Speakers

Michael Gottfredson
became the executive vice chancellor at UC Irvine July 1, 2000. As executive vice chancellor he is the chief academic and budget officer for the campus, overseeing the academic development of the campus and the allocation of resources. He teaches freshman seminars and graduate courses as a professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society. Prior to joining the University of California, Gottfredson was on the faculties of the State University of New York at Albany, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Claremont Graduate School. For 15 years he was a professor of management and policy, law, and psychology at the University of Arizona. Also at Arizona he served as department head, vice provost and vice president for Undergraduate Education and interim senior vice president for Academic Affairs and provost. Gottfredson received his B.A. from UC Davis and his M.A. and Ph.D. from State University of New York, Albany.