Lynn Mahoney

Lynn Mahoney
14th President of San Francisco State University
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 1, 2019
Preceded byLeslie Wong
Personal details
Born (1964-05-19) May 19, 1964 (age 60)
SpouseCharles Ponce de Leon
Children2
Alma materStanford University,
Rutgers University
OccupationUniversity president, administrator, author, social historian
Academic background
ThesisNear the edge: Elizabeth Stoddard and the boundaries of Victorian culture (1991)
Doctoral advisorT.J. Jackson Lears
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Institutions

Lynn Mahoney (born 1964) is an American university president, author, and social historian. Mahoney is the president of San Francisco State University (SFSU) since July 2019, and is the first woman to hold this role.[1][2][3] Her scholarly work has focused on United States history, women's history, feminism, race studies, and ethnicity.[4] She is the author of Elizabeth Stoddard and the Boundaries of Bourgeois Culture (2004, Routledge); a book about novelist and poet Elizabeth Stoddard.[5]

  1. ^ "CSU appoints first woman president of San Francisco State University". ABC7 San Francisco. 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  2. ^ "CSU Trustees Appoint Lynn Mahoney As First Woman President Of SFSU". SFGATE. Bay City News, Inc. May 22, 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  3. ^ Asimov, Nanette (2019-05-22). "After 120 years, San Francisco State hires its first female president". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  4. ^ Asimov, Nanette (2019-11-29). "SF State's new president: Lynn Mahoney makes peace on a fractured campus". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  5. ^ Harris, Jennifer (2007). "American Studies in Review, A Renaissance for Elizabeth Stoddard". Canadian Review of American Studies. 37 (2): 283–292. doi:10.3138/cras.37.2.283.