Susan Henking | |
|---|---|
 Henking at Shimer College in 2012 | |
| 20th President of Wells College | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Gibralter |
| 14th President of Shimer College | |
| In office July 1, 2012 – June 1, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Ed Noonan (interim) Thomas Lindsay |
| Succeeded by | college closed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Education | Duke University (BA) University of Chicago (MA, PhD) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Protestant Religious Experience and the Rise of American Sociology (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Homans |
| Other advisors | Donald Levine; Martin Marty |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| Institutions | Hobart and William Smith Colleges Shimer College Wells College |
Susan E. Henking (born 1955) is an American religious studies scholar. She is currently the 20th president of Wells College. She was the 14th and final president of Shimer College in Chicago from 2012 to 2017.[1][2] She then served in interim roles at Salem Academy and College, including Interim President in 2020 to 2021.
Henking was the first female president of Shimer since its 19th-century founder, Frances Shimer, ceded control to the University of Chicago, in 1896.[1] At the time, Henking was one of the small number of openly lesbian college presidents.[3][4]
- ^ a b "Dr. Susan Henking Appointed 14th President of Shimer College: First Woman named President since Founder Frances Wood Shimer". Shimer.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ^ "College News: Malcolm X gets a new campus, Shimer gets a president". Chicago Reader. 2012-02-21.
- ^ "Lesbian appointed head of Chicago's Shimer College". Windy City Times. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
- ^ Susan Henking (2013-05-07). "LGBTQ Chicago Presidents". ChicagoNow. Retrieved 2013-05-22.