C. Cybele Raver

C. Cybele Raver
Provost of Vanderbilt University
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 1, 2021
Preceded bySusan Rae Wente
Personal details
BornCassandra Cybele Raver
New York City, U.S.
Spouse
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(died 2024)​
RelativesKim Raver (sister)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Yale University (PhD)

Cassandra Cybele Raver is an American developmental psychologist who has been serving as provost of Vanderbilt University since July 2021. She served as deputy provost at New York University from 2018 to 2021. In August 2026, the University of Michigan Board of Regents selected her to serve as the university's 17th president on December 1, pending a formal confirmation on September 1.

Her research primarily focuses on the relationship between self-regulation and school readiness in young children, particularly those growing up in poverty.[1][2]

Early life and education

Raver grew up in Manhattan and is the sister of actress Kim Raver.[3] She graduated from Phillips Academy Andover in 1982.[4]

Raver received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1986 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in developmental psychology from Yale University in 1994.[5] In her doctoral dissertation supervised by Bonnie Leadbeater, Raver examined interactions between low-income 2-year-olds and their mothers.[6]

Career

Raver began her academic career at Cornell University, where she was an assistant professor at the Department of Human Development from 1994 to 2000.[7][8] From 2000 to 2007, she was an associate professor at the Harris School of Public Policy of the University of Chicago, where she also directed the Harris School's Center for Human Potential and Public Policy from 2002.[9][8][10]

Raver joined New York University in 2007, where she served as a faculty member in applied psychology at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.[11] She served as vice provost of academic, faculty, and research affairs from 2012 to 2017, as senior vice provost for academic analytics and graduate affairs from 2017 to 2018, and as deputy provost from 2018 to June 2021.[12][13][14]

On July 1, 2021, Raver became provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she was also appointed the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology and Human Development.[15][16]

On August 18, 2026, the University of Michigan Board of Regents selected Raver as president-designate of the university. Pending the board's formal approval on September 1, she is scheduled to become Michigan's 17th president on December 1.[17]

Awards and honors

Raver received awards and honors including:

Academic research

Raver's research focuses on child development, particularly how poverty and other forms of socioeconomic adversity affect children's self-regulation, emotional development, and readiness for school.[22] Her research found associations between persistent economic hardship in early childhood and later difficulties with skills such as attention and impulse control.[23]

Raver also led the Chicago School Readiness Project, a randomized study of an intervention in Head Start classrooms. The study found that providing teachers with classroom-management support and mental-health consultation improved children's attention, impulse control, and other aspects of self-regulation; these improvements were also associated with gains in early academic skills.[24]

Personal life

Raver was married to developmental psychologist Clancy Blair, with whom she also collaborated academically. Blair died in December 2024.[25]

References

  1. ↑ Tough, Paul (May 21, 2016). "Opinion | To Help Kids Thrive, Coach Their Parents (Published 2016)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. ↑ "5 researchers who can help us understand how children succeed". PBS NewsHour. October 30, 2020. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  3. ↑ "When curiosity meets leadership: Cybele Raver's 'Quantum Potential' podcast explores solutions for humanity's greatest challenges". Vanderbilt University. January 15, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Finding balance". Phillips Academy Andover. Archived from the original on March 14, 2026. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  5. ↑ "C. Cybele Raver | NYU Steinhardt". steinhardt.nyu.edu. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  6. ↑ Raver, C. C. (1994). Mother-child reciprocity and the development of social competence in two-year-olds (Order No. 9430292). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (304116839).
  7. ↑ Lang, Susan S. (December 2, 1996). "Keeping toddler's attention may help develop social competence, Cornell study finds". Cornell University. Archived from the original on July 23, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Cybele Raver". LinkedIn. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  9. ↑ "C. Cybele Raver, Associate Professor in the Harris School". University of Chicago Chronicle. University of Chicago. June 6, 2002. Archived from the original on August 27, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  10. ↑ Schuler, Peter (November 20, 2003). "Harris' Raver gets funding to study school readiness, academic advances". University of Chicago Chronicle. University of Chicago. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  11. ↑ Perrotta, Rachael (May 5, 2021). "Cybele Raver appointed as Vanderbilt's new Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs". The Vanderbilt Hustler. Archived from the original on August 19, 2026. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  12. ↑ "NYU Intelligence—News and Awards". New York University. September 28, 2012. Archived from the original on April 2, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Cradle to Kindergarten: A New Plan to Combat Inequality". New York University. September 26, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  14. ↑ "New York University Self-Study Design 2023–2024" (PDF). New York University. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Welcoming Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Cybele Raver". Vanderbilt University. July 1, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs". Vanderbilt University. Archived from the original on April 22, 2026. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  17. ↑ "U-M Board of Regents names C. Cybele Raver as choice for 17th president". The University Record. University of Michigan. August 18, 2026. Archived from the original on August 18, 2026. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  18. ↑ Supporting Research to Improve the Lives of Young People: 2004 Annual Report (PDF) (Report). William T. Grant Foundation. 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  19. ↑ "C. Cybele Raver: Award for Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training". American Psychologist. 67 (8): 680–681. 2012. doi:10.1037/a0030120. PMID 23163458.
  20. ↑ "Long, Lesaux Elected to NAEd". Harvard Graduate School of Education. February 11, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  21. ↑ "2021 AAAS Fellows approved by the AAAS Council". Science. January 27, 2022. doi:10.1126/science.ada0325.
  22. ↑ "Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
  23. ↑ Raver, C. Cybele; McCoy, Dana Charles; Lowenstein, Amy E.; Pess, Rachel (2013). "Predicting individual differences in low-income children's executive control from early to middle childhood". Developmental Science. 16 (3): 394–408. doi:10.1111/desc.12027. PMC 3798022. PMID 23587038.
  24. ↑ Raver, C. Cybele; Jones, Stephanie M.; Li-Grining, Christine; Zhai, Fuhua; Bub, Kristen; Pressler, Emily (2011). "CSRP's impact on low-income preschoolers' preacademic skills: Self-regulation as a mediating mechanism". Child Development. 82 (1): 362–378. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01561.x. PMC 3682645. PMID 21291447.
  25. ↑ "In Memoriam: Clarence Bissel Blair, Jr". Society for Research in Child Development. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
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