Bernadette Gray-Little
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Saint Louis University
(MS and PhD)
Bernadette Gray-Little | |
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 Gray-Little on January 22, 2015 addresses the crowd before former President Obama speaks. | |
| 17th Chancellor of University of Kansas | |
| In office August 15, 2009 – June 30, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Hemenway |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Girod |
| Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| In office July 1, 2006 – July 31, 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 21, 1944 |
| Alma mater | Marywood University (BS) Saint Louis University (MS and PhD) |
| Profession | Educator |
| Salary | $511,341[1] |
Bernadette Gray-Little is a retired academic administrator most recently serving as the 17th chancellor of the University of Kansas, where she was the first African-American and female to serve as the chancellor. She oversaw the university's main campus in Lawrence, its medical center campuses in Kansas City, Salina and Wichita, the Edwards Campus in Overland Park, and other facilities around Kansas. She replaced chancellor Robert Hemenway in August 2009,[2][3] and retired in June 2017.[4]
Bernadette Gray-Little was born Bernadette Gray in Washington, North Carolina on October 21, 1944. She received her B.A. from Marywood University in (Scranton, PA) and an M.S. and PhD in psychology from Saint Louis University. As part of a Fulbright Foundation fellowship, she conducted postdoctoral research in cross-cultural psychology in Denmark. She has also been a Social Science Research Council Fellow and a recipient of a Ford Foundation Senior Scholar Fellowship through the National Research Council.
Employment history
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 1971–1976, Assistant Director and Supervisor, Family Practice Center
- 1971–1982, Professor, Assistant to Full, Psychology
- 1983–1993, Director, Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology
- 1993–1998, Chair, Department of Psychology
- 1999–2001, Senior Associate Dean – Undergraduate Education
- 2001–2004, Executive Associate Provost
- 2004–2006, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
- 2006–2009, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
University of Kansas
- 2009–2017, Chancellor
