Stacey Robertson
University president
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Stacey Robertson started as the 11th President of Widener University in 2022. She is a historian known for her work in women and the 19th-century antislavery movement.
University of California, Santa Barbara (PhD)
Stacey Robertson | |
|---|---|
| 11th President of Widener University | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Julie Wollman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Education | Whittier College (BA) University of California, Santa Barbara (PhD) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Parker Pillsbury, antislavery apostle : gender and religion in nineteenth-century U.S. radicalism (1994) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Bradley University Central Washington University SUNY Geneseo |
Early life and education
Robertson was born in Scottsdale, Arizona. She has a bachelor's degree in social history and social movements from Whittier College. She earned her Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1]
Career
Robertson accepted a position as an assistant professor at Bradley University and then remained there for twenty years, ultimately serving as an interim dean. She accepted a position as dean at Central Washington University, and then moved to become the provost at the State University of New York.[1]
Robertson began as president in Widener University on July 1, 2022, when she took over from Julie Wollman.[1]
Selected publications
- "Hearts Beating for Liberty | Stacey M. Robertson". University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 2024-04-01.[2]
- Robertson, Stacey M. (2000). Parker Pillsbury: radical abolitionist, male feminist. Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-3634-5.[3]