Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students


Steve Leavitt
Reamer Campus Center #306
Phone:(518)388-6116
Fax: (518)388-6648
leavitts@union.edu

Steve Leavitt began serving as Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students in 2003, after serving ten years on Union's faculty in the Department of Anthropology. For three years he also had jointly run the Union Scholars Program.

Dean Leavitt believes that the Student Affairs program works best with students actively involved in all dimensions of student life. Students and staff on the Student Affairs Council oversee residential and social needs for students which Dean Leavitt is a member. Dean Leavitt is also a member of the Alcohol Task Force which assesses the effectiveness of Campus policies on alcohol use. Campus Safety, Dining Services, and Residential Life are additional committees that Dean Leavitt sits on to ensure that students have a say in the future of Student Affairs at Union.

He grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, went to Swarthmore College as an undergrad and UC San Diego for his PhD in cultural anthropology. He has done field research in Papua New Guinea and the Fiji Islands. He is married to Karen Brison, also at Union in the Department of Anthropology, and they have a ten-year-old son Jeffrey. The whole family loves to ski.

Leavitt is committed to using the Dean of Students Office to provide as many supportive services as possible for Union students. He welcomes visits from students in his office at any time, and is happy to correspond via email. You can make an appointment by calling x6116 or x6061.