Dr. James P. Chapman is the interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at
Kentucky
State
University
. He served for 27 years at the
University
of
Kentucky
in a number of positions, including seven as assistant chancellor for the Lexington Campus. Dr. Chapman has been president of
Shawnee
State
University
(one of
Ohio
's 13 public universities), provost of the
University
of
Alaska-Anchorage
, and interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at
Eastern
Kentucky
University
. He holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education, a master’s in Classical Languages and Literature, and a master’s in College Student Personnel from
Indiana
University
.