Backbone: Dr. Alexis Petri, petria@umkc.edu

Dr. Alexis Petri is Senior Director of Faculty Support in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, and Associate Research Professor of Psychology.  She recently completed a two-year project as lead assurance argument writer for UMKC’s Higher Learning Commission accreditation reaffirmation (accreditation is reaffirmed). She serves as principal investigator on a grant project funded by the U.S. Department of Education that includes college students with intellectual disabilities at the University. She also has experience as principal investigator, co-principal investigator, and project director for several National Science Foundation grants that seek to broaden participation in STEM for underserved populations.

Email: petria@umsystem.edu