Female College Presidents

Siam Bellock, Dartmouth College

I was intrigued when I saw three female college presidents testifying in Congress … two of whom are now gone. So I decided to see how many co-educational colleges and universities were led by women. See the following extensive list: … from Wikipedia:

• TheElsa A. Murano, 2008–2009, Texas A&M University^[52]
• Renu Khator, 2008–present, chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of the University of Houston^[53]
• Pamela Trotman Reid, 2008–2015, University of Saint Joseph^[54]
• Paula Allen-Meares, 2009–2015, University of Illinois at Chicago^[55]
• Bernadette Gray-Little, 2009–2017, University of Kansas^[56]
• M. R. C. Greenwood, 2009–2013, University of Hawaiʻi System
• Linda Katehi, 2009–2016, University of California, Davis^[57]
• Nancy L. Zimpher, 2009–2017, State University of New York System
• Barbara Couture, 2010–present, New Mexico State University at Las Cruces
• Waded Cruzado, 2010–present, Montana State University
• Dana G. Hoyt, 2010–present, Sam Houston State University
• Nivine Megahed, 2010–present, National Louis University
• Carolyn Meyers, 2010–2016, Jackson State University
• Mary Jane Saunders, 2010–2013, Florida Atlantic University
• Teresa Sullivan, 2010–2018, University of Virginia^[58]
• Regina Stanback Stroud, 2010–2019, Skyline College (San Bruno, CA) and 2019–present, Perlata Community College District^[59]
• Sandra K. Woodley, 2010–present, University of Louisiana system
• Cheryl Evans, 2011–present, Northern Oklahoma College
• Susan Herbst, 2011–present, University of Connecticut^[60]
• Carolyn Long, 2011–present, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
• Mary Ellen Mazey, 2011–2017, Bowling Green State University
• Joy McDaniel, 2011–present, Murray State College
• Carol Quillen, 2011–present, Davidson College^[61]
• Renée M. Wachter, 2011-present, University of Wisconsin-Superior
• Angela L. Walker Franklin, 2011–present, Des Moines University
• Phyllis Wise, 2011–2015, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign^[62]
• Judy L. Bonner, 2012–2015, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
• Jane C. Conoley, 2014–present, University of California, Long Beach
• Cynthia Jackson Hammond, 2012–present, Central State University
• Christina Paxson, 2012–present, Brown University^[63]
• Dianne F. Harrison, 2012-2021, California State University, Northridge
• Wendy Robinson, 2012–present, Helene Fuld College of Nursing^[64]
• Cheryl B. Schrader, 2012–2017, Missouri University of Science and Technology^[65]
• Clayton Spencer, 2012–present, Bates College
• Rebecca Blank, 2013–2022, University of Wisconsin-Madison^[66] and President-designate of Northwestern University
• Barbara A. Farley, 2013–present, Illinois College^[67]
• Carol Folt, 2013–2019, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill^[68]
• Morna K. Foy, 2013–present, Wisconsin Technical College System
• Glenda Baskin Glover, 2013–present, Tennessee State University
• Karen M. Scolforo, 2013–present, Central Penn College^[69]
• Janet Napolitano, 2013–2020, University of California System
• Jeanie Webb, 2013–present, Rose State College
• Robin E. Bowen, 2014–2023, Arkansas Tech University^[70][71]
• Gwendolyn Boyd, 2014–2016, Alabama State University^[72][73]
• Rebecca Chopp, 2014–present, University of Denver
• Sheri Everts, 2014–present, Appalachian State University^[74]
• Carine M. Feyten, 2014–present, Texas Woman's University^[75]
• Leigh Goodson, 2014–present, Tulsa Community College
• Elmira Mangum, 2014–2016, Florida A&M University^[76]
• Melody Rose, 2014–2018, Marylhurst University
• Lisa Rossbacher, 2014-2019, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
• Colette Pierce Burnette, 2015–present, Huston–Tillotson University (Austin, TX)^[77]
• Ana Mari Cauce, 2015–present, University of Washington
• Kina Mallard, 2015–2020, Reinhardt University
• Jaquie Moloney, 2015–present, University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Andrea Lewis Miller, 2015–2019, LeMoyne-Owen College (Memphis, TN)^[78]
• Fayneese Miller, 2015–present, Hamline University (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• Valerie Smith, 2015–present, Swarthmore College^[79] (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania)
• Marion Terenzio, 2015–present, State University of New York at Cobleskill
• Margaret H. Venable, 2015–present, Dalton State College (Dalton, Georgia)
• Erika D. Beck, 2016-2020, California State University, Channel Islands
• Laura Casamento, 2016–present, Utica College^[80]
• Soraya M. Coley, 2016–present, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• Gayle E. Hutchinson, 2016–present, California State University, Chico
• Karla Hughes, 2016–present, University of Arkansas at Monticello
• Ellen Junn, 2016–present, California State University, Stanislaus
• Mary A. Papazian, 2016–2021, San Jose State University
• Judy K. Sakaki, 2016-2022, Sonoma State University
• Claire E. Sterk, 2016–2020, Emory University
• Elissa Tenny, 2016–present, School of the Art Institute of Chicago^[81]
• Cynthia Kelley, 2016–present, Madisonville Community College, KCTCS
• Martha Dunagin Saunders, 2017–present, University of West Florida^[82]
• Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 2017–present, American University (Washington, D.C.)^[83]
• Shirley M. Collado, 2017–present, Ithaca College
• Laurie Aleta Carter, 2017–present, Shippensburg University^[84]
• Lorrie Clemo, 2017-present, D'Youville University, Buffalo, NY
• Beverly J. Davenport, 2017–2018, University of Tennessee
• Barbara Lettiere, 2017–present, Immaculata University^[85]
• Linda Livingstone, 2017–present, Baylor University
• Karol V. Mason, 2017–present, John Jay College of Criminal Justice^[86]
• Kelly M. Miller, 2017–present, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi, Texas)
• Patricia Moulton, 2017–present, Vermont Technical College
• Katricia Pierson, 2017–present, East Central University
• Lana Reynolds, 2017–present, Seminole State College
• Cheryl B. Schrader, 2017–present, Wright State University (Fairborn, Ohio)
• G. Gabrielle Starr, 2017–present, Pomona College^[87]
• Cynthia Warrick, 2017–present, Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
• Wendy Wintersteen, 2017–present, Iowa State University
• Alissa Young, 2017–present, Hopkinsville Community College (Hopkinsville, Kentucky)^[88]
• Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D., 2017–present, Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan)^[89]
• Carmen Twillie Ambar, 2018–present, Oberlin College^[90] (Oberlin, Ohio)
• Roslyn Clark Artis, 2018–present, Benedict College (Columbia, SC)
• Irma Becerra, 2018–present, Marymount University(Arlington,VA)
• Neeli Bendapudi, 2018–present, University of Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky)
• Martha Burger, 2018–present, Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
• Cathie Cline, 2018–present, East Arkansas Community College (Forrest City, Arkansas)
• Marion Ross Fedrick, 2018–present, Albany State University^[91] (Albany, Georgia)
• Merodie A. Hancock, 2018–present, Thomas Edison State University^[92] (Trenton, New Jersey)
• Michelle R. Johnston, 2018–present, College of Coastal Georgia^[93] (Brunswick, Georgia)
• Maud Mandel, 2018–present, Williams College (Williamstown, Massachusetts
• Lily McNair, 2018–2021, Tuskegee University
• Polly Peterson, 2018–present, Jamestown College (Jamestown, North Dakota)
• Tania Tetlow, 2018-2022, Loyola University New Orleans
• Adela de la Torre, 2018–present, San Diego State University
• Astrid S. Tuminez, 2018–present, Utah Valley University (Orem, Utah)
• Ruth V. Watkins, 2018–present, University of Utah^[94] (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Lynnette Zelezny, 2018–present, California State University, Bakersfield^[95]
• Paige Comstock Cunningham, 2019–present, Taylor University (Upland, IN)^[96]
• Christina Drale, 2019–present, University of Arkansas Little Rock^[97] (Little Rock, Arkansas)
• Marcheta P. Evans, 2019–present, Bloomfield College^[98](Bloomfield, New Jersey)
• Carol Folt, 2019–present, University of Southern California^[99]
• Joan T.A. Gabel, 2019–present, University of Minnesota^[100] (Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• Anne Holton, 2019-2020, George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
• Hilary L. Link, 2019—present, Allegheny College^[101] (Meadville, PA)
• Sarah Mangelsdorf, 2019–present, University of Rochester^[102] (Rochester, New York)
• Joyce McConnell, 2019–present, Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado)^[103]
• Wendy Raymond, 2019–present, Haverford College (Haverford, Pennsylvania)^[104]
• Terisa C. Riley, 2019–present, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith^[105] (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
• Lori S. White, 2020–present, DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana)^[106]
• Gilda Barabino, 2020–present, Olin College (Needham, Massachusetts)^[107]
• Erika D. Beck, 2021–present, California State University, Northridge ^[108]
• Anne F. Harris, 2020–present, Grinnell College (Grinnell, Iowa)^[109]
• Kristina M. Johnson, 2020–present, Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)^[110]
• Courtney Martin, 2020–present, Ohio Valley College of Technology(East Liverpool, Ohio)^[111]
• Suzanne Rivera, 2020–present, Macalester College (Saint Paul, Minnesota)^[112]
• Lynn Wooten, 2020–present, Simmons University (Boston, MA)^[113]
• Lesia Crumpton-Young, 2021–present, Texas Southern University^[114]
• Barbara J. Wilson, 2021–present, University of Iowa^[115]
• Montserrat Fuentes, 2021–present, St Edwards University (Austin, Texas)^[116]
• Terri Goss Kinzy, 2021–present, Illinois State University^[117]
• Candice McQueen: 2021–present, Lipscomb University^[118]
• Neeli Bendapudi, 2022–present, Penn State University^[119]
• Jennifer Bonds-Raacke, 2022–present, Saint Martin's University (Lacey, Washington)^[120]
• Nora Demleitner, 2022–present, St. John's College - Annapolis^[121]
• M. Elizabeth Magill, 2022–present, University of Pennsylvania^[122]
• Jayathi Murthy, 2022–present, Oregon State University^[123]
• Tania Tetlow, 2022–present, Fordham University (New York City, New York)^[124]
• Nancy Niemi, 2022–present, Framingham State University (Framingham, Massachusetts)^[125]
• Sally A. Kornbluth, 2023-President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology^[126]
• Sian Beilock, 2023-Present, Dartmouth College^[127] (Hanover, New Hampshire)
• Susan Rundell Singer, president-elect, St. Olaf College^[128] (Northfield, Minnesota)
• Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, Presidenelect, Columbia University (New York City, New York)

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