Pratt, who previously served as director of career education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Seton Hall University, also is a professor in WCU’s recently renamed business administration and law, and sport management department.

He takes over associate dean responsibilities previously held by Steven Henson, who has accepted the newly created position of director of graduate programs in the College of Business.

“Chris is a unique leadership talent,” Ronald A. Johnson, dean of WCU’s College of Business, said in announcing the appointment. “He comes to the College of Business with extensive experience in academic administration and he has built innovative programs around the world in global entrepreneurship, enterprise leadership, and citizen knowledge, skills and capacity. He also brings to Western a record of success in designing student engaged learning programs that facilitate short- and long-term community and economic development.”

Pratt (pictured) is a former senior consultant with the U.S. Department of State. In that capacity, he assisted the government ministries of Kosovo and American and Kosovar business interests to help rebuild the University of Pristina. His overseas experience includes having designed and implemented an international economic development and internship program focused on economically challenged and emerging urban centers such as Glasgow, Scotland, and Warsaw, Poland.

Pratt taught in the management, psychology and counseling psychology departments at Seton Hall for 20 years, and led integrated studies program courses at MIT. He earned his doctorate of education from Seton Hall and his master’s degree in higher education and administration and business administration from Bradley University.

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