Tori Haring-Smith
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| President of Washington & Jefferson College | |
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Assumed office 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Brian C. Mitchell |
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| Born | Chicago, Illinois |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Haring-Smith |
| Children | Whitney |
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Swarthmore College University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Profession | writer |
Tori Haring-Smith is the current president of Washington & Jefferson College.
Education
Dr. Haring-Smith received a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and doctoral and master's degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As an undergraduate, she received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study abroad.
Academic career
Dr. Haring-Smith was a professor of theatre and writing at Brown University for 16 years. During her time at Brown, she funded, established, and administered the Rose Writing Fellows Program, a cross-curricular writing and speaking initiative. She later served as chair of the Department of Performing and Visual Arts at the American University in Cairo.
She returned to the United States to serve as Executive Director of the Thomas J. Watson Foundation, and then served as Vice-president for Educational Affairs and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.
Presidency of Washington & Jefferson College
She was named as the 12th president of Washington & Jefferson College on October 17, 2005. She is also the first woman to serve as president of the college.[1]
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| Preceded by G. Andrew Rembert |
President of Washington and Jefferson College 2005–present |
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