Kathleen E. Harring | |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | Franklin & Marshall College and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Thesis | The effect of perceived group deprivation on social orientation (1984) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Muhlenberg College |
Kathleen E. Harring is an American educator and the 13th president of Muhlenberg College in Allentown,Pennsylvania.
Harring graduated high school in 1976 from Tri-Valley High School in Hegins,Pennsylvania. [1] Harring received her bachelor's in psychology from Franklin &Marshall College,and then earned her master's and Ph.D. in social psychology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [2]
Harring began her academic career at Muhlenberg College as an assistant professor in the psychology department in 1984. She was appointed provost of Muhlenberg College by then-president John I. Williams in 2017. [3] She was appointed interim president on June 19,2019,following the departure of President John I. Williams,Jr.,and officially named president on June 26,2020. [4] Harring was inaugurated November 12,2021 after more than a year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] She is the first female president of Muhlenberg College. [6]
In 1991 Harring received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Awards for distinguished teaching. [7]
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