Abby Coffin

Dr. Abby Coffin serves as Associate Vice Provost for Academic Success at the University of Kansas, where she provides strategic leadership for nine student success and academic support units serving students across the institution. With more than two decades of experience in higher education, she has led transformational initiatives in academic advising, student success, orientation, retention, and degree completion. She has played a key role in advancing university-wide student success strategies that contributed to record retention and graduation outcomes. Dr. Coffin is a first-generation college student and takes pride in helping to remove barriers that contribute to student success.