Seamus Carey

Seamus Carey, Ph.D., is an American philosopher and academic, who served as the 26th President of Transylvania University, the first university in the state of Kentucky. Carey took the helm after the departure of R. Owen Williams. Carey was Dean of Arts & Sciences at Sacred Heart University prior to his appointment. He earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Fordham University in 1996 after earning an M.A. from the same university and his B.A. from Vassar College in 1987. Carey attended Harvard's Management Development Program and the Executive Leadership Academy sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges. At Sacred Heart, he supervised 121 full-time faculty, 18 department chairs and eight graduate program directors. As part of his development efforts, Carey oversaw the expansion of Sacred Heart's campus in Dingle, Ireland. On May 13th, Carey announced he would be stepping down from his role as president of Transylvania University in order to take the same position at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. [1]