Lisa A. Tedesco is Vice Provost Emerita (Academic Affairs – Graduate Studies), Dean Emerita of the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies, and Professor Emerita, Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
Under her tenure, the Laney Graduate School grew to more than 1,800 students and over 50 doctoral, masters, and certificate programs – with an emphasis on opportunities for interdisciplinary study, professional development and career planning, diversity and inclusion, and student mental health and well-being. As a health psychologist, Dr. Tedesco’s teaching and research has been in areas related to behavioral sciences, health promotion and disease prevention, and education in the health professions. During 2021-22 she served as the Dean-in-Residence at the Council of Graduate School. In Fall 2022 she continued in leadership at Emory and served as Special Advisor to the Provost.
Prior to her work at Emory, Dr. Tedesco was on faculty and in leadership at the University of Michigan. At Michigan’s School of Dentistry, Dr. Tedesco was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Behavioral Sciences. She also served in University Administration as Vice President and Secretary and as Interim Provost.
Dr. Tedesco earned her master’s and PhD in Educational Psychology from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York.
