Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson | |
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1st President of Pennsylvania Western University | |
In office July 1, 2022 –July 1, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Laurie Bernotsky (interim) |
Personal details | |
Education | University at Albany,SUNY Idaho State University |
Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson is an American academic administrator who was the founding president of Pennsylvania Western University from 2022 to 2023.
Pehrsson graduated from the University at Albany,SUNY. [1] She earned master's degrees in counseling and education and a D.Ed. in counselor education and counseling from Idaho State University. [2] Her 1991 dissertation was titled,Representational Theory of Play Therapy:The Development of a Theoretical Framework. [3] Virginia B. Allen was her doctoral advisor. [3]
In 1991,Pehrsson became a clinical supervisor for counselor education at Idaho State University. [1] She was a faculty member at Oregon State University and Sam Houston State University. [1] She was an associate dean of the college of education at the University of Nevada,Las Vegas. [2] She worked as dean of the college of education and human services at Central Michigan University. [2] In 2018,she joined the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education as the president of Clarion University. [2] She became the interim president of Edinboro University in December 2020 and of California University of Pennsylvania in July 2021. [4] She served as president of the merger of three universities which unified as Pennsylvania Western University on July 1,2022. [2] [4] On July 1,2023,she resigned to serve as the president-in-resident and CEO of PennWest Investment with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. [5]
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