Purdue University Global Chancellor Dr. Frank J. Dooley boasts an international reputation as an innovative educator and creative researcher. Prior to his appointment in May 2020, Dooley was senior vice provost for Purdue University. 

Dooley has received numerous awards for teaching, research, and service, including the Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2009 and the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher in 2011. He was inducted into Purdue's Teaching Academy in 2002 and into the University's Book of Great Teachers in 2014.