Katherine S. Newman | |
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![]() Katherine Newman speaks at the New America Foundation's "Inequality and the Great Recession" event | |
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of California | |
Assumed office 9 January 2023 | |
Preceded by | Michael Brown |
Chancellor of UMass Boston Interim | |
In office 1 July 2018 –1 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Barry Mills (interim) |
Succeeded by | Marcelo Suárez-Orozco |
Personal details | |
Born | February 21,1953 |
Education | University of California,San Diego University of California,Berkeley |
Occupation | University Professor University Dean University Provost |
Katherine S. Newman (born February 21,1953) is an American academic administrator and author who currently serves as the Provost and Executive Vice President of the University of California System. Newman previously served as the System Chancellor for Academic Programs and Economic Development of the University of Massachusetts [July 2017-December 2022]. In addition,she served as the interim Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston from July 1,2018 to August 1,2020. [1] [2] [3] She was formerly the Provost of UMass Amherst and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. She was also a professor at Princeton University and Harvard University. At Columbia University,Newman was a Professor of Anthropology.
Newman received a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for No Shame in My Game in 2000. [4]
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