Moseley is a Professor of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship and CSU’s vice president for research, overseeing the University’s research, discovery and creative artistry.

Her accomplished research career includes more than 20 years at the University of Oregon where she served as vice provost for academic operations and strategy, senior associate vice president and interim vice president for research and innovation.

Moseley’s roles include research professor at the Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities and Environments, where she developed an interdisciplinary sponsored research and outreach program dedicated to enhancing well-being in the American West through applied research in collaborative governance, public land and wildfire management and conservation-based economic development.

Moseley chaired the USDA Forestry Research Advisory Council, advising the Secretary of Agriculture. She testified before Congress multiple times about rural green jobs, rural development and the working conditions of forest workers, and has been a key participant in congressional and presidential administration briefings. Moseley was a founding leadership team member of the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition and the Northwest Fire Science Consortium and a board member of the Flintridge Foundation and the Applegate Partnership.

She earned her Ph.D. in political science from Yale University and her bachelor’s degree in mathematics and government from Cornell University.