Stacey Robertson | |
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11th President of Widener University | |
Assumed office July 1, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Julie Wollman |
Personal details | |
Born | Scottsdale,Arizona,U.S. |
Education | Whittier College (BA) University of California,Santa Barbara (PhD) |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Parker Pillsbury,antislavery apostle :gender and religion in nineteenth-century U.S. radicalism (1994) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Bradley University Central Washington University SUNY Geneseo |
Stacey Robertson started as the 11th President of Widener University in 2022. She is a historian known for her work in women and the 19th-century antislavery movement.
Robertson was born in Scottsdale,Arizona. She has a bachelor's degree in social history and social movements from Whittier College. She earned her Ph.D. in history from the University of California,Santa Barbara. [1]
Robertson accepted a position as an assistant professor at Bradley University and then remained there for twenty years,ultimately serving as an interim dean. She accepted a position as dean at Central Washington University,and then moved to become the provost at the State University of New York. [1]
Robertson began as president in Widener University on July 1,2022,when she took over from Julie Wollman. [1]