Associate Vice President
B.S., Speech and Hearing, Murray State University
M.S., Speech-Language Pathology, Murray State University
Ph.D., Educational Leadership & Research, The University of Southern Mississippi
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Dr. Aileen Bumphus is the Associate Vice President of the Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence (LCAE), which is the academic portfolio of The Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. LCAE is a consortium of four student success programs: 1) Gateway Scholars; 2) Longhorn Link; 3) McNair Scholars; 4) Summer Bridge.
Dr. Bumphus holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Research from the University of Southern Mississippi, where her academic area of study centered around leadership behaviors, resiliency, and emotional intelligence. Prior to becoming the Associate Vice President of the Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence , Dr. Bumphus served as Executive Director in the Gateway Scholars program, also in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at The University of Texas at Austin.