Dorothy Leland
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Preceded bySung-Mo Kang
Succeeded byJuan Sánchez Muñoz
Preceded byDavid G. Brown
Succeeded byStas Preczewski
Dorothy Leland | |
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 Leland in 2011 | |
| 3rd Chancellor of the University of California, Merced | |
| In office 2011–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sung-Mo Kang |
| Succeeded by | Juan Sánchez Muñoz |
| 19th President of Georgia College & State University | |
| In office 2004–2011 | |
| Preceded by | David G. Brown |
| Succeeded by | Stas Preczewski |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Purdue University, B.A., M.A., and PhD |
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| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Consciousness, language, and world: Four essays on contemporary continental thought (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | Calvin Schrag |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Institutions | |
Dorothy Leland, also known as Dorothy Leland Wilson,[1] is an American academic administrator, university president and chancellor. She was the 19th president, and the second female president, of Georgia College & State University from 2004 until 2011.[2] Leland was appointed as the third Chancellor for University of California, Merced, replacing Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang from May 18, 2011, until 2019.[3] In 2019, she announced plans to retire.[3][4]