Anand R. Marri, Ph.D., serves as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Ball State University, the fifth largest school/college of education in the United States and the largest in Indiana. As TC’s chief executive officer, he leads over 220 faculty, over 100 staff members, and over 6,000 undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students. Dean Marri holds responsibility for managing a $120+ million annual budget. Dean Marri’s academic research focuses on economic literacy, civic and multicultural education, teacher education, and urban education. He published in many leading education journals and quoted in major publications such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and CNN. He has succeeded in being awarded over $8.5 million in grants and contracts from individuals and organizations such as the Spencer Foundation, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, the Indiana Department of Education, the New York State Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University Trustee Joyce Cowin, and the Teagle Foundation. He previously held senior faculty and leadership positions at Teachers College, Columbia University, the University of Rochester, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a master’s degree from Stanford University, and a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College.