Lori S. White | |
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21st President of the DePauw University | |
Assumed office July 1, 2020 | |
Preceded by | D. Mark McCoy |
Personal details | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | College President |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (B.A.) Stanford University (PhD) |
Thesis | Hanging Black: Social and psychological factors influencing Black student participation in Black campus organizations at a historically White university (1995) |
Doctoral advisor | Patricia J. Gumport |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Education |
Institutions | DePauw University Washington University in St. Louis Southern Methodist University Stanford University University of Southern California San Diego State University |
Lori White is an American academic and administrator. White currently serves as the President of DePauw University, a liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana. She was previously the vice chancellor of student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the first woman and first person of color to serve as president of DePauw University, and the only person of color to serve as president of an Indiana university.[1]