Janet Dudley-Eshbach
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Janet Dudley-Eshbach | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Dudley-Eshbach in 2016 | |
| 8th President of Salisbury University | |
| In office July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | William C. Merwin |
| Succeeded by | Charles A. Wight |
| 18th President of Fairmont State College | |
| In office 1996–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Robert J. Dillman |
| Succeeded by | Daniel J. Bradley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Janet Elizabeth Dudley |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | El proyecto de Macedonio Fernández para una primera novela buena (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | Adolfo de Obi |
| Other advisor | Jorge Luis Borges |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Hispanic literature |
| Institutions | |
Janet Dudley-Eshbach, Ph.D. became president of Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland in June 2000. She is the eighth president and the first woman to hold that office in the seventy-five year history of the university. In 2005, she was named one of Maryland's Top 100 Women in 2005 by the Maryland Daily Record.[1] She retired in June 2018.[2]
Janet Elizabeth Dudley was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 18, 1953.[1][3]
Dudley-Eshbach received an undergraduate degree in Spanish and Latin American studies from Indiana University, where she was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar, and holds a doctorate in Hispanic literature from El Colegio de México.
Career
Before joining Salisbury, Dudley-Eshbach served four years as President of Fairmont State College in West Virginia, where she was also the first woman to hold the office of President at any public four-year college in the state's history. She spent eight years at the State University of New York at Potsdam, serving the roles of Professor of Spanish and Latin American studies, Chair of the Department of Modern Languages, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, before being appointed Provost in 1993. She was a full-time faculty member for ten years at Goucher College and Allegheny College.[1] Her professional expertise is in international education, student recruitment, institutional marketing, fundraising, and shared governance, among other areas.
Honors and awards
2018 "Business Professional of the Year" award, Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce
- 2018 "Woman of Distinction" award, Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay
- Recipient William Donald Schaefer "People Helping People" award
- 2015 and 2017 "Influential Marylander" award by The Daily Record*Noel-Levitz 2012 Award for Excellence in Marketing and Recruitment
- "Most Admired CEO" award in 2012 by The Daily Record (Annapolis)*2010 Inducted into the "Circle of Excellence" as a three-time recipient of The Daily Record's Maryland's Top 100 Women recognition
- Member of the Honorary Committee for "Finding Justice," an organization of distinguished women lawyers in Maryland (members include Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, Ms. Kendal S. Ehrlich, among others)
- Invited participant in President Bill Clinton's Global Initiative Project
- Outstanding Women in History Award, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Fairmont State College, 1997
- Women of Distinction Award, Soroptimist International of the Americas, 1997 [3]
- "Young Leader of the Academy" (Fairmont State College), Change magazine, 1998
- Elizabeth Dole Shattered Glass Award, American Red Cross, 1999
- Recognition Award, Wicomico County Commission for Women, 2002
- Maryland's Top 100 Women, the Daily Record, 2005
Professional memberships
- American Association of State Colleges and Universities
- National Association of Women in Higher Education,
- American Council on Education's Commission on Women
- Eastern Shore Association of Colleges