List of women presidents or chancellors of co-ed colleges and universities

Current and former female presidents or chancellors of co-ed colleges and universities are listed in order of the inaugural year.

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United States

• Emma Elizabeth Johnson, 1925–1927, Johnson University[1]
• Miriam Parker Schumacher, 1944–1967, Southwestern University (now Southwestern Law School)
• Isabel McKay, 1951–1965, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute[2][3]
• Sr. Doris Smith, S.C., 1972–1992, College of Mount Saint Vincent
• Lorene Rogers, 1974–1979, The University of Texas at Austin
• Marjorie Downing Wagner, 1974–1976, Sonoma State College
• Barbara Uehling, 1978-1979, University of Missouri, and 1987–1994, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Hanna Holborn Gray, 1978–1993, University of Chicago[4]
• Sister Thomas Welder, 1978-2009, University of Mary (formerly Mary College in Bismarck, North Dakota)[5]
• Sharon C. Diaz, 1982–2018, Samuel Merritt University[6]
• Diana Natalicio, 1988–2019, University of Texas at El Paso[7]
• Donna Shalala, 1988–1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Jahnae H. Barnett, 1990–present (co-ed from 1996), William Woods University[8]
• Nannerl O. Keohane, 1993–2004, Duke University[9]
• Sister M. Elise Kriss, 1993–2019, University of Saint Francis (Indiana)
• Karen W. Morse, 1993–2008, Western Washington University[10]
• Mary Sue Coleman, 1995–2002, University of Iowa
• Sandra Featherman, 1995–2006, University of New England[11]
• Karen S. Haynes, 1995–2003, University of Houston-Victoria
• Paula M. Rooney, 1995–present, Dean College[12]
• Jane O'Meara Sanders, 1996–1997, Goddard College, 2004–2011 Burlington College
• Portia Shields, 1996–2005, Albany State University
• Deborah F. Stanley, 1997–present, State University of New York at Oswego[13]
• Molly Corbett Broad, 1997–2006, University of North Carolina[14]
• Davie Jane Gilmour, 1998–present, Pennsylvania College of Technology[15]
• Marye Anne Fox, 1998–2004, North Carolina State University; 2004–2012, University of California, San Diego
• Jennifer L. Braaten, 1999–2002, Midland Lutheran College, 2002–2016 and interim, 2017–present, Ferrum College
• Shirley Ann Jackson, 1999–present, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute[16]
• Pamela Brooks Gann, 1999–2013, Claremont McKenna College[17]
• R. Barbara Gitenstein, 1999–2018, The College of New Jersey[18]
• Judy Genshaft, 2000–2019, University of South Florida[19]
• Shirley C. Raines, 2001–2013, University of Memphis
• Ruth Simmons, 2001–2012, Brown University[20]
• Donna Shalala, 2001–2015, University of Miami[21]
• Shirley M. Tilghman, 2001–2013, Princeton University[22]
• Mary Sue Coleman, 2002–2014, University of Michigan[23]
• Ann Weaver Hart, 2002–2006, University of New Hampshire
• Karen A. Holbrook, 2002–2007, The Ohio State University[24]
• Kay Norton, 2002–2018, University of Northern Colorado
• Denise Trauth, 2002–present,[25] Texas State University
• Nancy Cantor, 2004–2013, Syracuse University; 2014–present, Rutgers University[26][27]
• Jo Ann M. Gora, 2004–2014, Ball State University
• Amy Gutmann, 2004–present, University of Pennsylvania[28]
• Karen S. Haynes, 1995–2003, University of Houston-Victoria; 2004–present, California State University San Marcos[29]
• Susan Hockfield, 2004–2012, Massachusetts Institute of Technology[30]
• Zorica Pantic, 2005–2019, Wentworth Institute of Technology[31]
• Denice Denton, 2005–2006, University of California, Santa Cruz[32]
• Lou Anna Simon, 2005–2018, Michigan State University[33]
• Janet Cunningham, 2006–present, Northwestern Oklahoma State University
• Maria Klawe, 2006–present, Harvey Mudd College[34]
• Danielle N. Ripich, 2006–2017, University of New England[35]
• Ann Weaver Hart, 2006–2012, Temple University; 2012–present, University of Arizona[36]
• Drew Gilpin Faust, 2007–2018, Harvard University[37]
• Sally Mason, 2007–2015, University of Iowa[38]
• Barbara Snyder, 2007–present, Case Western Reserve University[39]
• France Córdova, 2007–2012, Purdue University[40]
• Virginia Hinshaw, 2007–2012, University of Hawaii Manoa[41]
• Judith A. Bense, 2008–present, University of West Florida
• Margaret L. Drugovich, 2008–present, Hartwick College
• Linda P. Brady, 2008–2015, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Carolyn Martin, 2008–2011, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2011–present, Amherst College[42]
• Elsa A. Murano, 2008–2009, Texas A&M University[43]
• Renu Khator, 2008–present, chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of the University of Houston[44]
• Pamela Trotman Reid, 2008–2015, University of Saint Joseph[45]
• Paula Allen-Meares, 2009–2015, University of Illinois at Chicago[46]
• Bernadette Gray-Little, 2009–2017, University of Kansas[47]
• M. R. C. Greenwood, 2009–2013, University of Hawaii System
• Linda Katehi, 2009–2016, University of California, Davis[48]
• Nancy L. Zimpher, 2009–2017, State University of New York System
• Judy L. Bonner, 2012–2015, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
• 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[49]
• Regina Stanback Stroud, 2010-2019, Skyline College (San Bruno, CA) and 2019-present, Perlata Community College District[50]
• Sandra K. Woodley, 2010–present, University of Louisiana system
• Cheryl Evans, 2011–present, Northern Oklahoma College
• Angela L. Walker Franklin, 2011–present, Des Moines University
• Carolyn Long, 2011–present, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
• Mary Ellen Mazey, 2011–2017, Bowling Green State University
• Phyllis Wise, 2011–2015, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign[51]
• Susan Herbst, 2011–present, University of Connecticut[52]
• Carol Quillen, 2011–present, Davidson College[53]
• Joy McDaniel, 2011–present, Murray State College
• Jane C. Conoley, 2012–present, University of California, Riverside
• Cynthia Jackson Hammond, 2012–present, Central State University
• Christina Paxson, 2012–present, Brown University[54]
• Wendy Robinson, 2012–present, Helene Fuld College of Nursing[55]
• Cheryl B. Schrader, 2012–2017, Missouri University of Science and Technology[56]
• Rebecca M. Blank, 2013–present, University of Wisconsin-Madison[57]
• Barbara A. Farley, 2013–present, Illinois College[58]
• Carol Folt, 2013–2019, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[59]
• 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[60]
• Janet Napolitano, 2013–present, University of California System
• Jeanie Webb, 2013–present, Rose State College
• Gwendolyn Boyd, 2014–2016, Alabama State University[61][62]
• Sheri Everts, 2014–present, Appalachian State University[63]
• Carine M. Feyten, 2014–present, Texas Woman's University[64]
• Leigh Goodson, 2014–present, Tulsa Community College
• Rebecca Chopp, 2014–present, University of Denver
• Melody Rose, 2014–2018, Marylhurst University
• Elmira Mangum, 2014–2016, Florida A&M University[65]
• Robin E. Bowen, 2014–present, Arkansas Tech University[66]
• Valerie Smith, 2015–present, Swarthmore College[67]
• Kina Mallard, 2015-present, Reinhardt University
• Jaquie Moloney, 2015–present, University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Fayneese Miller, 2015–present, Hamline University
• Claire E. Sterk, 2016–present, Emory University
• Beverly J. Davenport, 2017–2018, University of Tennessee
• Laura Casamento, 2016–present, Utica College[68]
• Karla Hughes, 2016-present, University of Arkansas at Monticello
• Mary A. Papazian, July 1, 2016 – present, San Jose State University
• Elissa Tenny, 2016–present, School of the Art Institute of Chicago[69]
• Cynthia Kelley, 2016 – present, Madisonville Community College, KCTCS
• Ana Mari Cauce, October 13, 2015–present, University of Washington
• Linda Livingstone, 2017–present, Baylor University
• Karol V. Mason, 2017-present, John Jay College of Criminal Justice[70]
• Patricia Moulton, 2017–present, Vermont Technical College
• Katricia Pierson, 2017–present, East Central University
• Lana Reynolds, 2017–present, Seminole State College
• G. Gabrielle Starr, 2017–present, Pomona College
• Wendy Wintersteen, 2017–present, Iowa State University
• Shirley M. Collado, 2017–present, Ithaca College
• Laurie Aleta Carter, 2017–present, Shippensburg University[71]
• Barbara Lettiere, 2017–present, Immaculata University[72]
• Cheryl B. Schrader, 2017–present, Wright State University (Fairborn, Ohio)
• Kelly M. Quintanilla, 2017–present, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi, Texas)

• Alissa Young, 2017-present, Hopkinsville Community College (Hopkinsville, Kentucky) [73]
• 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[74] (Albany, Georgia)
• Merodie A. Hancock, 2018–present, Thomas Edison State University[75] (Trenton, New Jersey)
• Michelle R. Johnston, 2018 - present, College of Coastal Georgia [76] (Brunswick, Georgia)
• Polly Peterson, 2018–present, [Jamestown College] (Jamestown, North Dakota)
• Astrid S. Tuminez, 2018–present, Utah Valley University (Orem, Utah)
• Ruth V. Watkins, 2018–present, University of Utah [77] (Salt Lake City, Utah)

• Sarah Mangelsdorf, 2019-present, University of Rochester [78] (Rochester, New York)
• Joan T.A. Gabel, 2019-present, University of Minnesota[79] (Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• Christina Drale, 2019-present, University of Arkansas Little Rock[80] (Little Rock, Arkansas)
• Terisa C. Riley, 2019-present, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith [81] (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
• Joyce McConnell, 2019-present, Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado) [82]
• Suzanne Rivera, 2020-present, Macalester College (Saint Paul, Minnesota)[83]

Canada

• Naomi L. Hersom, 1986–1991, Mount St Vincent University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• Marie Smallface Marule, 1992–2014, Red Crow Community College (Kainai Nation, Alberta)
• Heather Munroe-Blum, 2003–2013, McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)
• Suzanne Fortier, 2013–present, McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)
• Indira Samarasekera, 2005–2015, University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta)
• M. Elizabeth Cannon, 2010–present, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)

Ecuador

• Cecilia A. Paredes, 2017–present, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (Guayaquil)

Philippines

• Rosita L. Navarro, 2001–2006, Centro Escolar University (Manila)

Turkey

• Gülsün Sağlamer, 1996–2004, Istanbul Technical University[84] (Istanbul)
• Gülay Barbarosoğlu, 2012–2016, Boğaziçi University[85] (Istanbul)

United Kingdom

• Louise Richardson: 2009–2015, University of St Andrews; 2016–present, University of Oxford
• Sally Mapstone: 2016–present, University of St Andrews
• Elizabeth Treasure: 2017–present, Aberystwyth University

See also

• List of current and historical women's universities and colleges in the United States
• Timeline of women's colleges in the United States
• Seven Sisters (colleges)

Notes

1. President's Office, Johnson University
2. "Embry-Riddle Story". The Embry-Riddle Newsroom.
3. "Embry-Riddle Alumni" (PDF). Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
4. "Hanna Holborn Gray". Office of the President, University of Michigan.
5. "Sister Thomas Welder, OSB".
6. http://www.samuelmerritt.edu/about/timeline
7. "Diana Natalicio".
8. Jahnae H. Barnett, William Woods University. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
9. "Nannerl O. Keohane: It makes a difference to have power".
10. "Karen W. Morse".
11. "Sandra Featherman | University of New England in Maine, Tangier and Online". www.une.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
12. "Dr. Paula M. Rooney, President".
13. "President Deborah F. Stanley: Biography".
14. "Molly Corbett Broad". Archived from the original on 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
15. "About President Gilmour".
16. "Profile of Shirley Ann Jackson".
17. "President Emerita Pamela Brooks Gann".
18. "President R. Barbara Gitenstein".
19. "Dr. Judy Genshaft, President, University of South Florida".
20. "Ruth J. Simmons: 2001–2012". Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
21. "President Donna E. Shalala's Biography | University of Miami". Miami.edu. June 1, 2001. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
22. "Biography: Shirley Tilghman".
23. "About Mary Sue Coleman". Office of the President, University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 2013-04-13.
24. "Biography of Karen A. Holbrook".
26. "Nancy Cantor, Chancellor, Rutgers University".
27. "Nancy Cantor to lead Rutgers' Newark Campus".
28. "Dr. Amy Gutmann President and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania". Archived from the original on 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
29. "Karen S. Haynes". www2.calstate.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
30. "About President Hockfield".
31. https://wit.edu/directory/zorica-pantic. Missing or empty |title= (help)
32. "Denice D. Denton".
33. "Biography of Lou Anna K. Simon". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
34. "Biography of President Maria Klawe". HMC Spotlight. Harvey Mudd College.
35. "Profile of President Danielle Ripich | President's Office | University of New England in Maine, Tangier and Online". www.une.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
36. "The Inauguration of President Ann Weaver Hart". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
37. "Biograph of Drew Gilpin Faust".
38. "Biography: Sally Masson". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
39. "President Barbara R. Snyder: A Brief Biography".
40. "Final Week as Purdue President for France Cordova".
41. "Inauguration Ceremony for Virginia S. Hinshaw" (PDF).
42. "Carolyn "Biddy" Martin". Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
43. "History of the Office of the President". Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25.
44. "About President Khator".
45. "Message from the President: Pamela Trotman Reid".
46. "About Paula Allen-Meares".
47. "Board of Regents makes historic selection for KU chancellor".
48. "Biography: Linda P. B. Katehi".
49. "Biography: Teresa Sullivan".
50. "Peralta Colleges Blog". Perlata Colleges. September 30, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
51. "About Chancellor Phyllis Wise".
52. "About President Herbst".
53. "Carol Quillen Biography". www.davidson.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
54. "Biography: Christina Hull Paxon".
55. "Biography: Wendy Robinson".
56. "Cheryl B. Schrader, Chancellor, Missouri University of Science and Technology".
57. "Biography for Rebecca M. Blank, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison".
58. "Office of the President, Illinois College".
59. "Folt named Carolina chancellor".
60. "Central Penn College – The Inauguration of Dr. Karen M. Scolforo". www.centralpenn.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
61. "Gwendolyn Boyd, who spent 33 years at APL, becomes Alabama State president".
62. "President Gwendolyn Boyd".
63. "Noren Everts Named Chancellor of Appalachian State University".
64. "About Chancellor Feyten".
65. "Dr. Elmira Mangum Selected to Become FAMU's 11th President".
66. "Dr. Robin E. Bowen President, Arkansas Tech University". Retrieved 2014-03-01.
67. "Valerie Smith of Princeton to become Swarthmore's first African American president".
68. "Laura Casamento officially first female president at Utica College".
69. "SAIC Names Elissa Tenny President to Succeed Walter Massey, Effective July 1, 2016".
70. "CUNY Appoints Former U.S. Assistant Attorney General As President Of John Jay College Of Criminal Justice".
71. http://www.ship.edu/president/
72. http://www.philly.com/philly/education/Immaculata-alum-and-former-board-chair-becomes-president.html
73. "Alissa Young Named Hopkinsville Community College President".
74. "ASU Presidential Investiture of Marion Ross Fedrick set for Sept. 6".
75. "Thomas Edison State University names new president".
76. "Michelle Johnston Named President of the College of Coastal Georgia".
77. "Ruth V. Watkins named 16th president of the University of Utah".
78. "Sarah Mangelsdorf makes history as next UR president".
79. https://president.umn.edu/
80. "Drale Named Chancellor at UA Little Rock".
81. https://news.uafs.edu/news/5138/
82. https://source.colostate.edu/joyce-mcconnell-hired-as-next-csu-president/
83. "Macalester's 17th President: Dr. Suzanne Rivera". Retrieved June 24, 2020.
84. "Istanbul Technical University Rectorship".
85. "Boğaziçi University Rectorship".