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Stacey Robertson

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Stacey Robertson
11th President of Widener University
Assumed office
July 1, 2022
Preceded byJulie Wollman
Personal details
BornScottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
EducationWhittier College (BA)
University of California, Santa Barbara (PhD)
Academic background
ThesisParker Pillsbury, antislavery apostle : gender and religion in nineteenth-century U.S. radicalism (1994)
Academic work
InstitutionsBradley University
Central Washington University
SUNY Geneseo

Stacey Robertson started as the 11th President of Widener University in 2022. She is a historian known for her work in women and the 19th-century antislavery movement.

Early life and education

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Robertson was born in Scottsdale, Arizona. She has a bachelor's degree in social history and social movements from Whittier College. She earned her Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1]

Career

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Robertson accepted a position as an assistant professor at Bradley University and then remained there for twenty years, ultimately serving as an interim dean. She accepted a position as dean at Central Washington University, and then moved to become the provost at the State University of New York.[1]

Robertson began as president in Widener University on July 1, 2022, when she took over from Julie Wollman.[1]

Selected publications

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  • "Hearts Beating for Liberty | Stacey M. Robertson". University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 2024-04-01.[2]
  • Robertson, Stacey M. (2000). Parker Pillsbury: radical abolitionist, male feminist. Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-3634-5.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Snyder, Susan (2022-02-11). "SUNY provost is new Widener president". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. B6. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  2. ^ Reviews for Hearts Beating for Liberty
  3. ^ Reviews of Parker Pillsbury