Bio: Andrea Christelle, PhD

Dr. Andrea Christelle has accepted the position of Research Project Manager for the REACH Network. Andrea join the staff at the University of Kentucky in November 2025 and leads and manages many of the activities and programs of the REACH project. Andrea has been involved with the Research Analytics Summit planning since it began in 2024 and has served on the project’s steering committee representing PUI and Tribal Colleges and Universities.

Andrea previously served as the Vice Provost for Research at Diné College, where she advanced initiatives to expand research capacity, instituted a research leadership program, and doubled research expenditures over three years. Previously, she served as Network Relationship Manager for Good Systems, an interdisciplinary AI initiative at The University of Texas at Austin, supporting ethical AI and cross-sector research collaboration. A philosopher by training, Andrea is particularly interested in how AI shapes the ethical and epistemic dimensions of the research enterprise.