List of women presidents or chancellors of co-ed colleges and universities

Current and former women presidents or chancellors of co-ed colleges and universities are listed in order of inaugural year.

Add to Ann Weaver Hart: University of New Hampshire 2002-2006; then Temple and Arizona

United States

• Emma Elizabeth Johnson, 1925–1927, Johnson University^[1]
• Hanna Holborn Gray, 1978–1993, University of Chicago^[2]
• Diana Natalicio, 1988–present, University of Texas at El Paso^[3]
• Donna Shalala, 1988-1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2001-present, University of Miami^[4]
• Nannerl O. Keohane, 1993–2004, Duke University (North Carolina)^[5]
• Karen W. Morse, 1993-2008, Western Washington University^[6]
• Mary Sue Coleman, 1995-2002, University of Iowa; 2002-2014, University of Michigan^[7]
• Jane O'Meara Sanders 1996–1997, Goddard College, 2004-11 Burlington College
• Portia Shields, 1996–2005, Albany State University
• Deborah F. Stanley, 1997–present, State University of New York at Oswego^[8]
• Molly Corbett Broad, 1997-2006, University of North Carolina^[9]
• Shirley Ann Jackson, 1999–present, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York)^[10]
• Pamela Brooks Gann, 1999-2013, Claremont McKenna College (California)^[11]
• R. Barbara Gitenstein, 1999–present, The College of New Jersey (New Jersey)^[12]
• Judy Genshaft, 2000–present, University of South Florida^[13]
• Shirley C. Raines, 2001–present, University of Memphis
• Ruth Simmons, 2001-2012, Brown University (Rhode Island)^[14]
• Shirley M. Tilghman, 2001-2013, Princeton University (New Jersey)^[15]
• Karen A. Holbrook, 2002-2007, The Ohio State University^[16]
• Kay Norton, 2002–present, University of Northern Colorado
• Denise Trauth 2002-present , Texas State University,
• Nancy Cantor, 2004–2013, Syracuse University (New York); 2014–present, Rutgers University^[17][18]
• Marye Anne Fox, 2004–present, Illinois State University
• Jo Ann M. Gora, 2004–present, Ball State University
• Amy Gutmann, 2004–present, University of Pennsylvania^[19]
• Susan Hockfield, 2004-2012, Massachusetts Institute of Technology^[20]
• Denice Denton, 2005-2006, University of California, Santa Cruz^[21]
• Lou Anna Simon, 2005–present, Michigan State University^[22]
• Ann Weaver Hart, 2006-2012, Temple University (Philadelphia); 2012–present, University of Arizona^[23]
• Maria Klawe, 2006–present, Harvey Mudd College (California)^[24]
• Drew Gilpin Faust, 2007–present, Harvard University (Massachusetts)^[25]
• Sally Mason, 2007–present, University of Iowa^[26]
• Barbara Snyder, 2007–present, Case Western Reserve University (Ohio)^[27]
• France Córdova, 2007-2012, Purdue University (Indiana) ^[28]
• Virginia Hinshaw, 2007-2012, University of Hawaii Manoa^[29]
• Judith A. Bense, 2008–present, University of West Florida
• Linda P. Brady, 2008–present, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Carolyn Martin, 2008-2011, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2011-present, Amherst College^[30]
• Elsa A. Murano, 2008–2009, Texas A&M University ^[31]
• Renu Khator, 2008–present, chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of the University of Houston^[32]
• Pamela Trotman Reid, 2008–present, University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)^[33]
• Paula Allen-Meares, 2009–present, University of Illinois at Chicago^[34]
• Bernadette Gray-Little, 2009–present, University of Kansas^[35]
• M.R.C. Greenwood, 2009–2013, University of Hawaii system
• Linda P.B. Katehi, 2009–present, University of California, Davis^[36]
• Nancy L. Zimpher, 2009–present, State University of New York System
• Judy Bonner, 2010–present, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
• Barbara Couture, 2010–present, New Mexico State University at Las Cruces
• Waded Cruzado, 2010–present, Montana State University
• Dana G. Hoyt, 2010–present, Sam Houston State University (Texas)
• Mary Jane Saunders, 2010–2013, Florida Atlantic University
• Teresa Sullivan, 2010–present, University of Virginia^[37]
• Sandra K. Woodley, 2010–present, University of Louisiana systemn
• Angela L. Walker Franklin, 2011- present (Des Moines University)
• Mary Ellen Mazey, 2011–present, Bowling Green State University (Ohio)
• Carolyn Meyers, 2011–present, Jackson State University (Mississippi)
• Phyllis M. Wise, 2011–present, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign^[38]
• Susan Herbst, 2011–present, University of Connecticut^[39]
• Jane C. Conoley, 2012–present, University of California, Riverside
• Ann Weaver Hart, 2012–present, University of Arizona
• Cynthia Jackson Hammond, 2012-present, Central State University (Ohio)
• Christina Paxson, 2012–present, Brown University (Rhode Island)^[40]
• Cheryl B. Schrader, 2012–present, Missouri University of Science and Technology^[41]
• Rebecca M. Blank, 2013–present, University of Wisconsin-Madison^[42]
• Carol Folt, 2013–present, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill^[43]
• Morna K. Foy, 2013–present, Wisconsin Technical College System
• Glenda Baskin Glover, 2013–present, Tennessee State University
• Merodie A. Hancock, 2013-present, Empire State College^[44]
• Karen M. Scolforo, 2013–present, Central Penn College (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)^[45]
• Janet Napolitano, 2013-present, University of California System
• Gwendolyn Boyd, 2014–present, Alabama State University^[46][47]
• Sheri Noren Everts, 2014–present, Appalachian State University (Illinois) ^[48]
• Melody Rose, 2014–present, Marylhurst University
• Elmira Mangum, 2014–present, Florida A&M University^[49]
• Robin E. Bowen, 2014–present, Arkansas Tech University^[50]
• Valerie Smith, 2015–present, Swarthmore College^[51]
• Jaquie Moloney, 2015-present, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Claire E. Sterk, September 1, 2016, Emory University
• Beverly J. Davenport, July 15, 2016, University of Cincinnati
• Laura M. Casamento, August 1, 2016-present, Utica College^[52]
• Mary A. Papazian, July 1, 2016-present, San Jose State University

Canada

• Heather Munroe-Blum, 2003–present, McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)
• M. Elizabeth Cannon, 2010-present, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)

Philippines

• Rosita L. Navarro, 2001–2006, Centro Escolar University (Manila)

Turkey

• Gülsün Sağlamer, 1996-2004, Istanbul Technical University^[53]
• Gülay Barbarosoğlu, 2012–present, Boğaziçi University^[54]

United Kingdom

• Anna Ford: on 17 December 2001, she was installed as Chancellor of the Victoria University of Manchester. When the Victoria University of Manchester merged with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) on 1 October 2004 to create the new University of Manchester, she became its Co-Chancellor along with Sir Terry Leahy (the former Chancellor of UMIST).
• Louise Richardson, 2016–present, University of Oxford

See also

• List of current and historical women's universities and colleges in the United States
• Timeline of women's colleges in the United States
• Seven Sisters (colleges)

Notes

1. President's Office, Johnson University
2. "Hanna Holborn Gray". Office of the President, University of Michigan.
3. "Diana Natalicio".
4. "President Donna E. Shalala's Biography | University of Miami". Miami.edu. June 1, 2001.
5. "Nannerl O. Keohane: It makes a difference to have power".
6. "Karen W. Morse".
7. "About Mary Sue Coleman". Office of the President, University of Michigan.
8. "President Deborah F. Stanley: Biography".
9. "Molly Corbett Broad".
10. "Profile of Shirley Ann Jackson".
11. "President Emerita Pamela Brooks Gann".
12. "President R. Barbara Gitenstein".
13. "Dr. Judy Genshaft, President, University of South Florida".
14. "Ruth J. Simmons: 2001-2012".
15. "Biography: Shirley Tilghman".
16. "Biography of Karen A. Holbrook".
17. "Nancy Cantor, Chancellor, Rutgers University".
18. "Nancy Cantor to lead Rutgers' Newark Campus".
19. "Dr. Amy Gutmann President and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania".
20. "About President Hockfield".
21. "Denice D. Denton".
22. "Biography of Lou Anna K. Simon".
23. "The Inauguration of President Ann Weaver Hart".
24. "Biography of President Maria Klawe". HMC Spotlight. Harvey Mudd College.
25. "Biograph of Drew Gilpin Faust".
26. "Biography: Sally Masson".
27. "President Barbara R. Snyder: A Brief Biography".
28. "Final Week as Purdue President for France Cordova".
29. "Inauguration Ceremony for Virginia S. Hinshaw" (PDF).
30. "Carolyn "Biddy" Martin".
31. "History of the Office of the President". Texas A&M University.
32. "About President Khator".
33. "Message from the President: Pamela Trotman Reid".
34. "About Paula Allen-Meares".
35. "Board of Regents makes historic selection for KU chancellor".
36. "Biography: Linda P. B. Katehi".
37. "Biography: Teresa Sullivan".
38. "About Chancellor Phyllis Wise".
39. "About President Herbst".
40. "Biorgraphy: Christina Hull Paxon".
41. "Cheryl B. Schrader, Chancellor, Missouri University of Science and Technology".
42. "Biography for Rebecca M. Blank, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison".
43. "Folt named Carolina chancellor".
44. "About Merodie Hancock | President's Office | [SUNY Empire State College". www.esc.edu].
45. "Central Penn College - The Inauguration of Dr. Karen M. Scolforo". www.centralpenn.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
46. "Gwendolyn Boyd, who spent 33 years at APL, becomes Alabama State president".
47. "President Gwendolyn Boyd".
48. "Noren Everts Named Chancellor of Appalachian State University".
49. "Dr. Elmira Mangum Selected to Become FAMU's 11th President".
50. "Dr. Robin E. Bowen President, Arkansas Tech University". Retrieved 2014-03-01.
51. "Valerie Smith of Princeton to become Swarthmore's first African American president".
52. "Laura Casamento officially first female president at Utica College".
53. "Istanbul Technical University Rectorship".
54. "Boğaziçi University Rectorship".