Javier Reyes
{{short description|Mexican University Administrator}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Javier Reyes
| image = Javier Reyes - Chancellor University of Massachusetts Amherst.png
| caption = Reyes in 2024
| office = 13th Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst
| term_start = July 1, 2023
| term_end =
| predecessor = Kumble R. Subbaswamy
| successor =
| office2 = Chancellor of University of Illinois, Chicago
| status2 = Interim
| term_start2 = July 1, 2022
| term_end2 = June 30, 2023
| predecessor2 = Michael Amiridis
| successor2 = Marie Lynn Miranda
| birth_name = Javier Arturo Reyes Altamirano
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Mexico
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (BA)
Texas A&M University (MA, PhD)
}}
Javier Reyes is a Mexican American economist who is the 12th and current chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst,{{cite web|title=Biography of Chancellor Reyes|url=https://www.umass.edu/chancellor/sites/default/files/2023-06/Updated%20Reyes%20bio%20efb2-KH%20edited%206-21-2023.pdf?1689099710}}{{cite web|title=DR. JAVIER REYES APPOINTED CHANCELLOR OF UMASS AMHERST|url=https://www.umass.edu/news/article/dr-javier-reyes-appointed-chancellor-umass-amherst}} as well as Professor of Finance at Isenberg School of Management.{{cite web|title=Chancellor Javier A. Reyes - Isenberg School of Management|url=https://www.isenberg.umass.edu/people/chancellor-javier-reyes|publisher=Isenberg School of Management |access-date=1 January 2024}} Reyes is an economist and the first Hispanic to serve as the chancellor of UMass Amherst.
He was provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois Chicago and was later interim chancellor. Reyes also previously served as dean of the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University and as vice president for the state's economic development program Startup West Virginia.
Career
Reyes was born and raised in Mexico. He attended Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico City, where he earned his bachelor's degree in economics. He earned a Ph.D. in economics from Texas A&M University.
He joined the economics faculty of the University of Arkansas in 2003.{{cite web|title=Javier Reyes voted next chancellor of UMass Amherst campus|date=16 February 2023 |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/02/16/umass-amherst-new-chancellor-search-finalist}} At Arkansas, Reyes would rise to multiple high-level administrative positions at the university.{{cite web|title=U. of Illinois Chicago's Dr. Javier Reyes recommended to lead UMass Amherst| date=15 February 2023 |url=https://www.masslive.com/umass/2023/02/u-of-illinois-chicagos-dr-javier-reyes-recommended-to-lead-umass-amherst.html?outputType=amp}}
Reyes was later dean of the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. He was provost at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and later the interim chancellor starting in July 2022. On February 16, 2023, Reyes was appointed as chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst; he began serving in the role in July 2023.
Following his decision to deploy Massachusetts State Police to remove an unauthorized encampment built by students participating in a protest against Israel's military invasion and occupation of Gaza, the UMass Amherst Student Government Association issued a "no confidence" vote against Chancellor Reyes on May 8, 2024. {{cite web|title=UMass Student Group Declares No Confidence in Chancellor|date=9 May 2024 |url=https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-student-government-votes-no-confidence-in-Chancellor-Reyes-55067209}} Over 130 students, faculty members and people unaffiliated with UMass were arrested the night before. This came after arresting 57 UMass students occupying the Whitmore administration building on October 25, 2023. {{Cite web |title=57 protesters arrested at Whitmore sit-in |url=https://dailycollegian.com/2023/10/57-protestors-arrested-at-whitmore-sit-in/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Massachusetts Daily Collegian}} On May 20, 2024, at the first general faculty meeting in 15 years, the faculty voted no confidence in Chancellor Reyes.{{Cite web |title=UMass Faculty votes no confidence in Chancellor Reyes |url=https://dailycollegian.com/2024/05/umass-faculty-votes-no-confidence-in-chancellor-reyes/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Massachusetts Daily Collegian}}
Personal life
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Category:Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education alumni
Category:Texas A&M University alumni
Category:University of Arkansas faculty
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Category:Leaders of the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Category:Leaders of the University of Illinois
Category:American people of Mexican descent
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