Chris L. Heavey

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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 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ. 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 whose research focuses 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

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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ) and Las Vegas Sands are pleased to announce the creation of the Sands Institute for Chinese Language and Culture at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, which was formally approved by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents at its quarterly meeting on Dec. 5, 2024. Made possible by a generous $15 million donation from Sands to the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Foundation, this initiative highlights a shared commitment to enriching the educational and cultural landscape of Las Vegas and beyond.
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The Las Vegas Sands is donating $15 million to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ to create a new language learning institute. It’s called The Sands Institute for Chinese language and culture. The new institute will provide Mandarin learning courses for students and will also be available to anyone who is not a student.
Las Vegas Review Journal
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ is getting a new institute for Chinese language and culture after a $15 million donation by Las Vegas Sands Corp. to the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Foundation.
Las Vegas Review Journal
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ became the first school in the Nevada System of Higher Education to launch a plan to address climate change, unveiling it at a kickoff event on Friday afternoon. Known as the Rebel Climate Action Plan (CAP), the document is a roadmap for how the school will meet its goal of slashing its greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent by 2030 and becoming net zero by the university’s 100th birthday in 2057. Net zero refers to a state where the carbon dioxide 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ is putting into the atmosphere is offset with the amount removed, thus not contributing to warming.
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Honoring 50 Years of Dedication to Education
Satish Bhatnagar wearing graduation robes and holding ceremonial mallet
People | December 2, 2024

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ math sciences professor Satish Bhatnagar will be honored for his half-century of contributions to the university during the annual Faculty Length of Service Program. 

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