Herbst, Susan
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Name (Latin)
Herbst, Susan
Date of birth
1964
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College presidents
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Gender
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- Her Numbered voices, 1993:CIP t.p. (Susan Herbst) pub. info. (asst. prof. of communication studies and pol. sci., Northwestern Univ.; Ph.D., Univ. of Southern Calif.)
- Susan Herbst was appointed as the 15th President of the University of Connecticut on December 20, 2010, by the University's Board of Trustees. She stepped down as President on July 1, 2019 and returned to the faculty. She will resume teaching at the Stamford campus in Fall 2020. Prior to her appointment to the presidency, Herbst served as Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer of the University System of Georgia, where she led 15 university presidents and oversaw the academic missions for all 35 public universities in Georgia. Before coming to Georgia, Herbst was Provost and Executive Vice President at The University at Albany (SUNY), and also served as Officer in Charge (acting president) of the school from 2006 to 2007. She previously served as the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University. Born in New York City and raised in Peekskill, N.Y., Herbst received her B.A. in Political Science from Duke University in 1984, and her Ph.D. in Communication Theory and Research from the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles in 1989. Herbst joined Northwestern University as an assistant professor in 1989 and remained there until 2003. At Northwestern she served in many capacities, including Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department. Dr. Herbst is a scholar of public opinion, media, and American politics, and is author of four books and many articles in these areas. Along with Benjamin Page, Lawrence Jacobs, and James Druckman, she edits the University of Chicago Press series in American Politics. ( (University of Connecticut website, June 5, 2020:) )
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Wikipedia description:
Susan Herbst is an American political scientist and academic administrator who served as the 15th president of the University of Connecticut. She was named president on December 20, 2010, and took office on June 1, 2011. She succeeded Michael J. Hogan and was the first woman to be selected as the University of Connecticut's president since the school's founding in 1881. In August 2019, Herbst was succeeded by Thomas C. Katsouleas.
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