Steven C. Currall became the seventh president of the University of South Florida on July 1, 2019. Dr. Currall brings to the presidency a broad range of academic leadership experience at high-performing research universities and private institutions. He has held appointments at institutions in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU) -- the group of top research universities in the U.S. and Canada to which USF aspires – including the University of California, Davis, Rice University, and the University of Chicago. He also has held appointments at universities with multiple campuses.

He has conducted research and taught for three decades on organizational psychology topics such as innovation, emerging technologies, negotiation and corporate governance.  At USF, he is a tenured professor.  He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected in 2013 for the study of societal impacts of science and engineering. In addition, he served as a member of the Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group at the invitation of the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.