Chris L. Heavey
Executive Vice President and Provost
Professor of Psychology
Expertise: Psychology, Higher Education, Undergraduate Education
Biography
Chris L. Heavey is the executive vice president and provost at UNLV. In this role, he serves as the university's chief academic officer and works closely with the president in overseeing academic and budgetary policies and priorities for the campus.
Heavey is also a professor of psychology and a licensed psychologist, with a research focus on understanding the inner experience and its relationship to mental health. He is one of the nation’s leading scholars in the thoughts and feelings that make up the consciousness of people as they go about their everyday lives. His work has helped shed light on the experiences of people who suffer from mental illnesses, including depression, bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress syndrome.
Additionally, Heavey uses the Descriptive Experience Sampling (DES) method to explore the experience of people who share a common feature, such as those suffering from depression, as well as the characteristics and phenomena of normal, unaltered consciousness. Other topics of interest include how inner experience relates to other psychological constructs (e.g., personality, emotional intelligence, etc.), exploring the experience of naturally-occurring emotions, and how methodological variations in procedures used to research inner experience influence findings.
Education
- Ph. D., Clinical Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- B.A., Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Chris L. Heavey In The News
March 22, 2021
In a surprise reversal Friday, UNLV President Keith Whitfield announced that the university was planning in-person commencement ceremonies for 2020 and 2021 graduates to be held outdoors at Sam Boyd Stadium in late May.
March 22, 2021
UNLV President Keith Whitfield announced Friday that the university was planning for an in-person graduation ceremony.
March 22, 2021
After a year of distance learning, UNLV seniors celebrated when the plan to hold in-person commencement ceremonies was announced Friday.
February 24, 2021
In a letter to students, UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield said commencement ceremonies this spring will again be virtual events.
Articles Featuring Chris L. Heavey
Campus News | March 29, 2021
U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of top graduate and professional schools ranks 26 UNLV programs within nation’s top 100.
Campus News | February 24, 2021
The administration encourages people experiencing loss to tap into these campus resources for support.
Business and Community | December 31, 2020
As the pandemic tightened its grip on Nevada, the nation, and the world, UNLV responded in ways big and small. Members of the media also turned to UNLV's faculty experts for answers.
Campus News | November 18, 2020
Brainstorming forum generates hundreds of ideas for weathering the economic downturn.