Luoheng Han serves as the vice provost for undergraduate education at Indiana University Bloomington, where he leads university-wide efforts to enhance the undergraduate experience. Appointed in 2025, Han brings more than 30 years of leadership in higher education, with expertise in academic innovation, general education reform, experiential learning, and student and faculty success.
Prior to joining IU, Han was senior associate provost for academic affairs and professor of geography at the University of Alabama. There, he oversaw curriculum development, faculty support, and the integration of artificial intelligence into teaching and learning, including founding the AI Futures Forum. His leadership extended across academic operations, including oversight of the registrar, disability services, and ROTC programs.
Han has held numerous leadership roles, including interim dean of the Honors College and senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Alabama, where he supported 22 departments. A respected scholar in remote sensing, GIS modeling, and water quality, he has published extensively and secured research funding from the USDA, EPA, and Sea Grant Consortium.
Han holds a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northeast Normal University in China. He is a frequent speaker on AI in education and applied geospatial technologies, with invited talks in the U.S. and China.