Mark D. West

Mark D. West
Provost of Washington University in St. Louis
Assumed office
August 1, 2025
Preceded byBeverly Wendland
17th Dean of University of Michigan Law School
In office
2013–2023
Preceded byKyle D. Logue (interim)
Succeeded byEvan H. Caminker
Personal details
Born (1968-07-26) July 26, 1968
EducationRhodes College (BA)
Columbia University (JD)
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Mark D. West (born July 26, 1968) is an American legal scholar, social scientist, and academic serving as the Nippon Life Professor of Law at the University of Michigan since 2003 and the David A. Breach Dean of Law from 2013 to 2023. He was the 17th dean of the University of Michigan Law School and is now the provost at Washington University in St. Louis.