Jim Malatras | |
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14th Chancellor of the State University of New York | |
In office August 31, 2020 – January 14, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Kristina M. Johnson |
Succeeded by | Deborah F. Stanley (interim) |
5th President of Empire State College | |
In office July 15, 2019 – August 30, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Merodie A. Hancock Mitchell Nesler (acting) |
Succeeded by | Beth Berlin (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1977 or 1978 (age 46–47) Westwood, New Jersey, U.S. |
Alma mater | University at Albany (BA, MA, PhD) |
Institutions | University at Albany, SUNY Rockefeller Institute of Government State University of New York |
Website | Official website |
Academic background | |
Thesis | A tale of two movements: Collective legal consciousness: Producing and employing the law (2008) |
Doctoral advisor | Scott Barclay |
Other advisors | Sally Friedman |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University at Albany, SUNY Rockefeller Institute of Government State University of New York |
James J. Malatras (born 1977)[1] is an American government official and university administrator who was the Chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY) system from August 2020 until his resignation in January 2022.
Malatras received his Ph.D from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy and subsequently worked as a policy advisor in the Governor Andrew Cuomo administration until his appointment as chancellor of SUNY. On December 9. 2021, Jim Malatras released his statement for resignation as SUNY's Chancellor effective January 14, 2022. In 2017, Malatras was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.[2]