About the Provost

Sean Lane, PhD, joined Farmingdale State College as senior vice president and provost in June 2025. As a member of the President’s Cabinet, he oversees all academic units, support services, and operations, while providing a strategic vision for enriching academic programs and enhancing teaching, research, and the student experience.

Dr. Lane joins FSC from the University of Alabama in Huntsville where he served as dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences since 2018. As dean, he revamped the college's recruitment, retention, and graduation efforts, led strategic planning, helped develop numerous new degree programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels, created new research support programs, engaged deeply with industry, and led significant fundraising activities. He also served concurrently as interim dean of the Honors College and acting associate provost for International Services, Academic Integrity, and dean of the Graduate School. Lane previously served as associate dean of The Graduate School at Louisiana State University, where he was also on the faculty and served as director of research in the Department of Psychology.

Prior to his academic roles, Dr. Lane worked in the tech sector as a human factors and user experience professional. He has a deep level of success in securing competitive grants from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Science Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation. He has been recognized for his excellence in teaching, is author or editor of two books on memory and attention, and has a long list of peer-reviewed publications.

Dr. Lane received a PhD and MA in Experimental Psychology from Kent State University and a BA in Psychology from California State University, Fresno.