Michelle DenBeste

Special Assistant to the Vice President for Advancement, Central Washington University

Michelle DenBeste, Ph.D., served as provost at Central Washington University and previously served as dean and department chair at California State University, Fresno.  Currently, she is working on a research project on women’s leadership as well as serving as a special assistant to the vice president for advancement.  She received her Ph.D in history from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale with a focus on Russian women’s history.  In her administrative work, DenBeste has focused on faculty development, high impact practices, student and faculty success and creating bureaucratic practices which consider equity, diversity, and inclusion as guiding practices.