Canisius University is a private Jesuit university in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1870 by Jesuits from Germany and is named after St. Peter Canisius. Canisius offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and minors, and around 34 master's and certificate programs.
The University of Dallas is a private Catholic university in Irving, Texas. Established in 1956, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) is a consortium of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities and three theological centers in the United States, Canada, and Belize committed to advancing academic excellence by promoting and coordinating collaborative activities, sharing resources, and advocating and representing the work of Jesuit higher education at the national and international levels. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and led by the Association's president, Rev. Michael J. Garanzini, S.J.
Marquette University is a private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Martin Henni, the first Bishop of the diocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Initially an all-male institution, Marquette became the first coeducational Catholic university in the world in 1909.
Daniel J. Myers is the President of Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania and a professor of Sociology. His best known research is on the urban unrest of the 1960s and the media coverage of those riots, specializing in identifying the patterns of unrest diffusion. He has written several books and articles, and is co-author of the best-selling sociological social psychology textbook, Social Psychology.
Scott R. Pilarz was an American Jesuit priest and academic. He served two stints as president of the University of Scranton, first from 2003 to 2011 and again from 2018 until 2021. Pilarz was announced as the successor of Kevin Quinn on March 21, 2017, serving until his death in 2021. Prior to returning to Scranton, Pilarz served as the president of Marquette University and Georgetown Prep.
Garnett Sue Stokes is an American academic administrator serving as the 23rd president of the University of New Mexico. She assumed office on March 1, 2018.
Deborah Flemma Stanley is an American lawyer and academic administrator who served as president of the State University of New York at Oswego from August 1, 1997 until December 2021. She was appointed Interim Chancellor of the State University of New York on December 20, 2021. She took office as Chancellor on January 14, 2022.
Timothy Ryan Lannon, S.J. was the 24th president of Creighton University from July 1, 2011, to January 20, 2015. He was previously the president of Saint Joseph's University.
Steve C. Currall is an American psychological scientist and academic administrator, and served as the seventh president of the University of South Florida. He previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Southern Methodist University from January 1, 2016. From 2009 to 2014, Currall served as Dean of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. He has also held leadership roles at University College London and Rice University. On March 22, 2019, Currall was named to succeed Judy Genshaft as president of the University of South Florida, and took office July 1, 2019. He announced his resignation due to health and family reasons on July 19, 2021.
James Carl "Jim" Bean is an American college administrator from Oregon. From 2015 to 2020, he served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He previously served for 5 years as Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs at the Lundquist College of Business, and also senior vice president and provost at the University of Oregon from 2008 to 2013.
John P. Pelissero is a Political Scientist and Higher Education Consultant located in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. He currently serves as Senior Scholar in Government at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics of Santa Clara University. Pelissero is professor emeritus of political science at Loyola University Chicago, where he was a member of the faculty for 35 years. He was Provost and Chief Academic Officer of Loyola University Chicago from 2010 to 2018. He also served as Loyola's Interim President from July 1, 2015, to July 31, 2016. Pelissero's other Loyola experience includes service as chairperson of the Department of Political Science from 1999 to 2002, associate provost for curriculum development from 2003 to 2005, and vice provost in the Division of Academic Affairs from 2005 to 2010.
Daniel S. Hendrickson is the 25th president of Creighton University starting on July 1, 2015, until the present. He was previously the Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives at Marquette University.
Gregory J. Vincent is the 21st President of Talladega College located in Talladega, Alabama. He is a national expert on civil rights, social justice, and campus culture. Vincent recently served as Professor of Educational Policy and Law, Inaugural Executive Director of the Education and Civil Rights Initiative, and Program Chair of the Ph.D. Senior Diversity Officer Specialization at the University of Kentucky. He previously served as the twenty-seventh President of the Hobart College and the sixteenth of William Smith College.
Ruth V. Watkins is an American scholar of child language and speech pathology. She was the 16th president of the University of Utah. She stepped down from the role on April 7, 2021, to enter the private sector.
William George Read Mullan, SJ, was an American Jesuit and academic who served as President of Boston College from 1898 to 1903 and President of Loyola University Maryland from 1907 to 1908.
Rosemary R. Haggett is an American academic who is the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Student Success for the University of North Texas System. She was the second woman to serve as a dean of a college of agriculture in the U.S.
David James Silva is an American linguist and university administrator. His phonetic, phonological, and sociolinguistic research has examined aspects of the voicing of consonants in Korean and of the vowels of the Portuguese dialect spoken in the Azores.
Edmund G. Ryan was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was the president of Seattle University for less than a year in 1975 and 1976. He was also a senior administrator at Saint Peter's College, Georgetown University, Canisius College, and Le Moyne College.
Jennifer Evans-Cowley is an American urban planner and academic, specialising in public engagement and technology infrastructure. In January 2022, she was named by the UT System Board of Regents as the 10th president of The University of Texas at Arlington beginning April 28, 2022, making her the first woman to hold the office. She will also be professor of public affairs and planning in the College of Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs.
