Lori S. White | |
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21stPresident of the DePauw University | |
Assumed office July 1, 2020 | |
Preceded by | D. Mark McCoy |
Personal details | |
Relatives | Joseph White (father) Lisa White (sister) |
Education | University of California,Berkeley (BA) Stanford University (PhD) |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Hanging Black:Social and psychological factors influencing Black student participation in Black campus organizations at a historically White university (1995) |
Doctoral advisor | Patricia J. Gumport |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Education |
Institutions | DePauw University Washington University in St. Louis Southern Methodist University Stanford University University of Southern California San Diego State University |
Lori White is an American academic and administrator. White currently serves as the President of DePauw University,a liberal arts college in Greencastle,Indiana. She was previously the vice chancellor of student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the first woman and first person of color to serve as president of DePauw University. [1]
White has a bachelor's degree in English and psychology from University of California,Berkeley and her doctorate in education administration and policy analysis from Stanford University. [2]
White has held administrative and academic positions at Southern Methodist University,Stanford University,University of Southern California and San Diego State University. In 2015,she became vice chancellor of student affairs Washington University in St. Louis. In July 2020,she became the president of DePauw University. [2]
White's father was Joseph White and her sister is paleontologist Lisa White. [1]