 Other positions held at Wayne State include associate provost for Global Initiatives, associate provost for assessment and retention, interim dean of the College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs, interim dean of the College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts, and chair of the Department of Communication.Kay was awarded a Ph.D. in communication from Wayne State University in 1979, an M.S.in speech communication from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1975, and a B.A.