Dr. Kim Purdy is the Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of South Carolina Upstate, overseeing Institutional Research and Planning, the Center for Academic Innovation and Faculty Support, the Student Success Center, the Office of Career Management, the Center for International Studies, the Honors Program, and the Scholar’s Academy.
Dr. Purdy received a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Queen’s University at Kingston, in Canada. Her research interests center on how attention modulates sensory and cognitive aspects of human behavior.