Gretchen Ritter | |
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Vice Chancellor & Provost of Syracuse University | |
In office October 1, 2021 –June 30, 2024 | |
Preceded by | John Liu |
Succeeded by | Lois Agnew (interim) |
Dean &Vice Provost of Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences | |
In office August 1,2019 –August 31,2021 | |
Preceded by | Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier |
Succeeded by | David G. Horn |
Dean of Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences | |
In office August 1,2013 –August 31,2018 | |
Preceded by | Peter Lepage |
Succeeded by | Ray Jayawardhana |
Vice provost of University of Texas at Austin | |
In office 2009 –July 31,2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 December 1960 |
Nationality | American |
Education | Cornell University (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
Profession | Professor |
Gretchen Ritter (born December 27,1960) is an American political scientist and academic administrator who was most recently vice chancellor,provost,and chief academic officer of Syracuse University. [1] She was previously the executive dean and vice provost of Ohio State University's College of Arts and Sciences from 2019 to 2021. [2]
Ritter grew up in Upstate New York. [3] A "third-generation Cornellian",she graduated from Cornell University with a BS in government in 1983. [3] She later earned a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [3]
Ritter is a leading expert in the history of women's constitutional rights and contemporary issues concerning democracy and citizenship in American politics. [4] Prior to becoming an academic administrator,Ritter taught at MIT,Princeton University,Harvard University,and the University of Texas at Austin. [5] [6]
From 2009 to 2013,she was the vice provost for undergraduate education and faculty governance at the University of Texas at Austin. [3] In 2013,she became the first woman to serve as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University,a position she held until 2018. [7]
In 2014,Ritter interviewed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the New-York Historical Society. [8] [9]
From 2019 to 2021,she served as the executive dean and vice provost of Ohio State University's College of Arts and Sciences. [2] Ritter officially left her positions at Ohio State in August 2021 and became the vice chancellor,provost,and chief academic officer of Syracuse University in October 2021. [1] [10]
Ritter is the author of two books,The Constitution as Social Design:Gender and Civic Membership in the American Constitutional Order and Goldbugs and Greenbacks:The Antimonology Tradition and the Politics of Finance in America,1865–1896. [11] She is a co-editor of Democratization in America:A Comparative and Historical Perspective. [11]
Ritter is the recipient of several fellowships and awards,including the National Endowment for Humanities Fellowship,the Radcliffe Research Partnership Award,and a Liberal Arts Fellowship at Harvard Law School. [4] She is also a member of the American Political Science Association and the Council on Foreign Relations. [4]
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