Heather Shipley

Heather J. Shipley is an American environmental engineer and academic administrator serving as the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is the inaugural holder of the Hispanic Thriving Institution Endowed Chair for the Dean of University College.

Life Shipley earned a B.S. in chemistry from Baylor University. She completed a M.S. and Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Rice University. Mason B. Tomson was her doctoral advisor. She held the Burzik Professorship in Engineering Design and is the inaugural holder of the Hispanic Thriving Institution Endowed Chair for the Dean of University College.