Deborah J. Curtis | |
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12thPresident of the Indiana State University | |
Assumed office January 3, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Daniel J. Bradley |
Personal details | |
Occupation | President of Indiana State University |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | A study of selected scholastic and personality variables as predictors of success in student teaching (1986) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Music education |
Institutions | |
Dr. Deborah J. Curtis is the twelfth and current President of Indiana State University. The first woman to hold that position, [1] she has been president since 2018,and her contract was recently extended until 2025. [2]
Before her tenure at ISU,Curtis was the University of Central Missouri's provost and chief learning officer. [1] She had been provost since 2012. [3]
Curtis graduated from ISU,receiving her Ph.D. in instruction and curriculum there. Her bachelor's in music education is from MacMurray College,and her master's,also in music education,is from the University of Illinois. [1]
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