Dr. Kim McNeley is the Assistant Dean of Student Academic Services (formerly Undergraduate Services). Dr. McNeley came to KU in 2005 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She had served there as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs since 2002 and had previously served as the Assistant Dean of first and second year medical students.

Dr. McNeley received a Master's degree in counseling from the University of North Texas in 1988 and a Ph. D. in Education and Psychology from UMKC in 1998, where she won the Outstanding Dissertation Award in the School of Education . Dr. McNeley is a representative to the National Committee on Student Records and has contributed to over twenty publications dealing with student affairs.