Sarah C. Mangelsdorf
Sarah Charlotte Mangelsdorf is an American educator, scholar, and the eleventh president of the University of Rochester.
Sarah C. Mangelsdorf | |
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| 11th President of the University of Rochester | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Feldman (interim) |
| 4th CEO of the University of Rochester | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Joel Seligman |
| Provost of the University of Wisconsin–Madison | |
| In office 2014–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Paul M. DeLuca Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Karl Scholz |
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| Born | February 7, 1958 Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Residence(s) | Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College (BA) University of Minnesota (PhD) |
| Awards | William Prokasy Teaching Award (1998) |
| Website | Office of the President of the University of Rochester |
Career
As a psychologist, the focus of Mangelsdorf's research has been on the social and emotional development of infants and toddlers. She has held leadership positions at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Mangelsdorf was provost at the University of Wisconsin–Madison where she was credited with advancing fundraising, coping with budget cuts, improving the school's overall ranking, successfully retaining key faculty members, and improving relations with the state of Wisconsin. Her responsibilities at Madison included oversight of all academic programs for its twelve colleges and schools, including budgeting.
Mangelsdorf became as the eleventh president of the University of Rochester in July 2019. She is the first woman to hold that post.
Personal life
Mangelsdorf is married to Karl Rosengren who is a developmental psychologist on the University of Rochester faculty.
Her father, Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf Jr., was a physics professor at Swarthmore College, and her grandfather Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf was a professor of botany at Harvard University.
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