Kari Whaley

Kari Whaley, EdD is Chief Academic Officer at Vermont College of Fine Arts, a CalArts affiliate, where she oversees six MFA programs and serves as the institution's senior academic and operational leader. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Central Florida, a master of arts from Teachers College, Columbia University, and has published in Studies in Higher Education. She served as a researcher on the EU Erasmus+ SUPERProfDoc project on best practices in professional doctorate supervision.