Debora Spar | |
|---|---|
 Debora Spar, 2013 | |
| Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School Online | |
| Assumed office January 2020 | |
| President of Lincoln Center | |
| In office March 2017 – April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Jed Bernstein |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University Harvard University |
| Profession | Senior Associate Dean, Former President, Former College President, Professor, Author |
| Website | https://www.deboraspar.com/ |
Debora L. Spar is the current Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School Online and former President of Barnard College, a liberal arts college for women of Columbia University. As President of Barnard, she was also an academic dean within Columbia University. Spar was appointed Barnard's 7th president in July 2008 and replaced Judith Shapiro, Barnard's 6th president,[1] after a teaching career at Harvard Business School where she was Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development. Spar was appointed the 10th president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, beginning in March 2017,[2] but announced her resignation in April 2018 after only about one year in the position.[3] She became the new Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School Online in January 2020.[4]
- ^ "Barnard Names Harvard Professor as New President". The New York Sun. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ Cooper, Michael (16 November 2016). "Debora L. Spar, Barnard President, to Lead Lincoln Center". New York Times. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ Pogrebin, Robin; Cooper, Michael (2018-04-06). "Lincoln Center's President Quits After a Single, Rocky Year". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- ^ Young, Jeffery; Bryant, Deja (2020-01-27). "New Dean of Harvard Business School Online Aims for Modular Courses, More Diversity". EdSurge. Retrieved 2020-04-01.