Katherine Bergeron

Bergeron was born in New London, Connecticut in 1958. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in music from Wesleyan University and master and doctoral degrees in music from Cornell University.[2][3]

As a musician and a historian, Bergeron's scholarship has focused on French music and culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[4] She is a two-time recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publisher' Deems-Taylor Award for her books Decadent Enchantments (University of California Press, 1998) and Voice Lessons (Oxford University Press, 2010). Voice Lessons also received the Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society.

Bergeron has held professorships at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tufts University, University of California at Berkeley, and at Brown University, where she also served as dean of the college from 2006 to 2013.[5]

On August 20, 2013, the Connecticut College Board of Trustees elected Katherine Bergeron as the 11th president of Connecticut College. Bergeron took office on January 1, 2014.[6][7]

Since the first year of her presidency, Bergeron has supported the development of a new curriculum at Connecticut College, the first major transformation in 40 years.

During Bergeron's tenure, Connecticut College received the largest gift in its history to support financial aid, career education, and athletics.[8] The College also completed a $10 million renovation of the Charles E. Shain Library that transformed the mid-century facility into a more modern space for teaching and learning. The library has received several design awards for architectural excellence and historic renovation.[9][10][11]

In 2015, Bergeron led a yearlong effort that culminated in a new strategic plan that will move Connecticut College forward into its second distinguished century.[12]

Bergeron is married to Joseph Butch Rovan, a composer and multimedia artist who is professor of music at Brown University and director of the Brown Arts Initiative.[13]

A selection of Bergeron's publications include:

• Bergeron, K. (1992). Disciplining Music: Musicology and Its Canons, ed., Katherine Bergeron and Philip Bohlman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Bergeron, K. (1998). Decadent Enchantments: The Revival of Gregorian Chant at Solesmes. Berkeley: University of California Press
• Bergeron, K. (2004). Music, Rhythm, Language. Special Issue of Representations, ed. Katherine Bergeron vol. 86 (Spring)
• Bergeron, K. (2010). Voice Lessons: French Mélodie in the Belle Epoque. New York: Oxford University Press
• Bergeron, K. (2011). The Free Elective Curriculum. Piotr Wilczek and Mark O’Connor, eds., Collegium/ College/ Kolegium: College and the Academic Community in the European and the American Tradition. Uniwersytet Warszawski.
• Bergeron, K. (2012) A Tradition of Reform: The Curriculum at Brown University. Paul Blackmore and Camille Kandiko, eds., Strategic Curriculum Change in Universities: Global Trends. London: Routledge
• Bergeron, K. (2014). Listening to Write. Christiane Donahue, ed. The Power of Writing. Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England