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.

United States

• Davie Jane Gilmour, 1998-present, Pennsylvania College of Technology^[1]
• Neeli Bendapudi, 2018-present, University of Louisville
• Emma Elizabeth Johnson, 1925–1927, Johnson University^[2]
• Hanna Holborn Gray, 1978–1993, University of Chicago^[3]
• Sharon C. Diaz, 1982–present, Samuel Merritt University ^[4]
• Diana Natalicio, 1988–present, University of Texas at El Paso^[5]
• Donna Shalala, 1988-1993, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2001-2015, University of Miami^[6]
• Jahnae H. Barnett, 1990–present (co-ed from 1996), William Woods University (Missouri)^[7]
• Nannerl O. Keohane, 1993–2004, Duke University (North Carolina)^[8]
• Karen W. Morse, 1993-2008, Western Washington University^[9]
• Mary Sue Coleman, 1995-2002, University of Iowa; 2002-2014, University of Michigan^[10]
• Sandra Featherman, 1995–2006, University of New England (Maine)^[11]
• Karen S. Haynes, 1995 - 2003, University of Houston-Victoria; 2004-present, California State University San Marcos^[12]
• Paula M. Rooney, 1995–present, Dean College^[13]
• 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^[14]
• Molly Corbett Broad, 1997-2006, University of North Carolina^[15]
• Jennifer L. Braaten, 1999-2002, Midland Lutheran College, 2002-2016 and interim, 2017-present, Ferrum College
• Shirley Ann Jackson, 1999–present, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York)^[16]
• Pamela Brooks Gann, 1999-2013, Claremont McKenna College (California)^[17]
• R. Barbara Gitenstein, 1999–present, The College of New Jersey (New Jersey)^[18]
• Judy Genshaft, 2000–present, University of South Florida^[19]
• Shirley C. Raines, 2001–2013, University of Memphis (Tennessee)
• Ruth Simmons, 2001–2012, Brown University (Rhode Island)^[20]
• Shirley M. Tilghman, 2001–2013, Princeton University (New Jersey)^[21]
• Ann Weaver Hart, 2002–2006, University of New Hampshire, 2006-2012, Temple University (Philadelphia); 2012–present, University of Arizona^[22]
• Karen A. Holbrook, 2002–2007, The Ohio State University^[23]
• Kay Norton, 2002–present, University of Northern Colorado
• Denise Trauth 2002–present,^[24] Texas State University
• Nancy Cantor, 2004–2013, Syracuse University (New York); 2014–present, Rutgers University^[25][26]
• Marye Anne Fox, 2004–present, Illinois State University
• Jo Ann M. Gora, 2004–present, Ball State University
• Amy Gutmann, 2004–present, University of Pennsylvania^[27]
• Susan Hockfield, 2004-2012, Massachusetts Institute of Technology^[28]
• Denice Denton, 2005-2006, University of California, Santa Cruz^[29]
• Lou Anna Simon, 2005–present, Michigan State University^[30]
• Janet Cunningham, 2006-present, Northwestern Oklahoma State University
• Maria Klawe, 2006–present, Harvey Mudd College (California)^[31]
• Danielle N. Ripich, 2006–present, University of New England (Maine)^[32]
• Drew Gilpin Faust, 2007–present, Harvard University (Massachusetts)^[33]
• Sally Mason, 2007–present, University of Iowa^[34]
• Barbara Snyder, 2007–present, Case Western Reserve University (Ohio)^[35]
• France Córdova, 2007-2012, Purdue University (Indiana) ^[36]
• Virginia Hinshaw, 2007-2012, University of Hawaii Manoa^[37]
• Judith A. Bense, 2008–present, University of West Florida
• Margaret L. Drugovich, 2008–present, Hartwick College
• Linda P. Brady, 2008–2015, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Carolyn Martin, 2008-2011, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2011-present, Amherst College^[38]
• Elsa A. Murano, 2008–2009, Texas A&M University ^[39]
• Renu Khator, 2008–present, chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of the University of Houston^[40]
• Pamela Trotman Reid,President, 2008–2015, University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)^[41]
• Paula Allen-Meares, 2009–2015, University of Illinois at Chicago^[42]
• Bernadette Gray-Little, 2009–present, University of Kansas^[43]
• M. R. C. Greenwood, 2009–2013, University of Hawaii system
• Linda P. B. Katehi, 2009–present, University of California, Davis^[44]
• 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^[45]
• Sandra K. Woodley, 2010–present, University of Louisiana system
• Cheryl Evans, 2011-present, Northern Oklahoma College
• Angela L. Walker Franklin, 2011–present, Des Moines University
• Carolyn Long, 2011–present, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
• 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^[46]
• Susan Herbst, 2011–present, University of Connecticut^[47]
• Carol Quillen, 2011–present, Davidson College ^[48]
• Jane C. Conoley, 2012–present, University of California, Riverside
• Cynthia Jackson Hammond, 2012–present, Central State University (Ohio)
• Christina Paxson, 2012–present, Brown University (Rhode Island)^[49]
• Wendy Robinson, 2012–present, Helene Fuld College of Nursing ^[50]
• Cheryl B. Schrader, 2012–present, Missouri University of Science and Technology^[51]
• Rebecca M. Blank, 2013–present, University of Wisconsin-Madison^[52]
• Carol Folt, 2013–present, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill^[53]
• Morna K. Foy, 2013–present, Wisconsin Technical College System
• Glenda Baskin Glover, 2013–present, Tennessee State University
• Merodie A. Hancock, 2018–present, Thomas Edison State University^[54]
• Karen M. Scolforo, 2013–present, Central Penn College (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)^[55]
• Janet Napolitano, 2013–present, University of California System
• Jeanie Webb, 2013-present, Rose State College
• Gwendolyn Boyd, 2014–present, Alabama State University^[56][57]
• Sheri Everts, 2014–present, Appalachian State University (Illinois) ^[58]
• Leigh Goodson, 2014-present, Tulsa Community College
• Melody Rose, 2014–present, Marylhurst University
• Elmira Mangum, 2014–present, Florida A&M University^[59]
• Robin E. Bowen, 2014–present, Arkansas Tech University^[60]
• Valerie Smith, 2015–present, Swarthmore College^[61]
• 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, February 15, 2017, University of Tennessee
• Laura Casamento, August 1, 2016 – present, Utica College^[62]
• Mary A. Papazian, July 1, 2016 – present, San Jose State University
• Elissa Tenny, July 1, 2016 – present, School of the Art Institute of Chicago^[63]
• Ana Mari Cauce, October 13, 2015 – present, University of Washington
• Fayneese Miller, July 1, 2015 – present, Hamline University
• Patricia Moulton, 2017–present, Vermont Technical College
• Katricia Pierson, 2017-present, East Central University
• Lana Reynolds, 2017-present, Seminole State College
• Cheryl B. Schrader, 2017–present, Wright State University
• G. Gabrielle Starr, 2017–present, Pomona College
• Wendy Wintersteen, 2017–present, Iowa State University
• Shirley M. Collado, 2017–present, Ithaca College
• Laurie Aleta Carter, 2017–present, Shippensburg University^[64]
• Barbara Lettiere, 2017–present, Immaculata University^[65]
• Martha Burger, 2018-present, Oklahoma City University
• Polly Peterson, 2018-present, University of Jamestown^[66]
• Astrid S. Tuminez, 2018-present, Utah Valley University
• Ruth V. Watkins, 2018-present, University of Utah
• Joy McDaniel, unknown-present, Murray State College
• Rebecca Chopp, 2014-present, University of Denver

Canada

• Naomi L. Hersom, 1986-1991, Mount St Vincent University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• Heather Munroe-Blum, 2003–present, McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)
• Indira Samarasekera, 2005–2015, University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta)
• M. Elizabeth Cannon, 2010–present, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)

Ecuador

• Cecilia A. Paredes, 2017–present, Universidad Escuela Politécnica del Litoral ESPOL (Guayaquil, Ecuador)

Philippines

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

Turkey

• Gülsün Sağlamer, 1996-2004, Istanbul Technical University^[67]
• Gülay Barbarosoğlu, 2012–present, Boğaziçi University^[68]

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