Stacey M. Robertson | |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Thesis | Parker Pillsbury, antislavery apostle : gender and religion in nineteenth-century U.S. radicalism (1994) |
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.
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]
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]