Steven Hood

Assistant Commissioner for Academic Affairs, Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Steven Hood, Ph.D., is assistant commissioner for academic affairs in the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE).  His responsibilities include oversight of new academic program proposals, general education, credit for prior learning, and student transfer within the eight public colleges and universities in USHE.  He served as the academic vice president and provost at Snow College in Utah and as the director of the first-year core curriculum program at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania.  He serves on the Utah Launch Years Math Task Force in conjunction with the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas.