Dorothy Leland
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Dr. Dorothy Leland was the 19th president of Georgia College & State University
and became the second female president of the university on January 1, 2004. She was appointed as the 3rd Chancellor for the University of California, Merced.
on May 18, 2011, replacing Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang.
Dr. Leland has served on the board of directors of the American Association of State Colleges & Universities, Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and other local and state non-profit organization. She is a member of the NCAA Division II Presidents Council and has held leadership positions with the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges and the Southern University Conference.
Leland has received numerous awards and honors, including the Governor's Award for Historic Preservation. In 2008, she was recognized as a Purdue University Distinguished Alumni, and in 2009, she was named by Georgia Trend as one of four "Power Women" in Georgia.
Leland holds a B.A degree in English, a M.A. in American studies, and a Ph.D in philosophy, all from Purdue University
. Her research area is contemporary continental philosophy, with a focus on gender and personal, social and cultural identity.
Georgia College & State University
Georgia College & State University is a public liberal arts university in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States, with approximately 7,000 students...
and became the second female president of the university on January 1, 2004. She was appointed as the 3rd Chancellor for the University of California, Merced.
University of California, Merced
The University of California, Merced, commonly referred to as UC Merced or UCM, is the tenth and newest of the University of California campuses. Located in the San Joaquin Valley in unincorporated Merced County, California, near Merced, UC Merced was the first American research university to...
on May 18, 2011, replacing Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang.
Dr. Leland has served on the board of directors of the American Association of State Colleges & Universities, Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and other local and state non-profit organization. She is a member of the NCAA Division II Presidents Council and has held leadership positions with the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges and the Southern University Conference.
Leland has received numerous awards and honors, including the Governor's Award for Historic Preservation. In 2008, she was recognized as a Purdue University Distinguished Alumni, and in 2009, she was named by Georgia Trend as one of four "Power Women" in Georgia.
Leland holds a B.A degree in English, a M.A. in American studies, and a Ph.D in philosophy, all from Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
. Her research area is contemporary continental philosophy, with a focus on gender and personal, social and cultural identity.