A Professor of Political Science, Susan Lawrence is the author of the award-winning book, The Poor in Court: The Legal Services Program and Supreme Court Decision-Making and publishes in public law and on issues in higher education. She served in several leadership positions in the School of Arts and Sciences Office of Undergraduate Education between 2005 and 2025, including a year as Interim Co Executive Dean of the school in 2022-2023. As Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education from 2016 until 2025, she oversaw recruitment, curriculum, instruction, special programs, advising, and academic support for the more than 21,000 undergraduates in the School of Arts and Sciences.