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The Senior Vice President and Provost serves as the Chief Academic Officer, responsible for all academic units, support services, and operations, while providing a strategic vision for enriching academic programs and enhancing teaching, research, and the student experience.

Sean Lane, PhD, joined Farmingdale State College in June 2025, from the University of Alabama in Huntsville where he served as dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. 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 also 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 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.

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