William Tate | |
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 Tate in 2023 | |
| 28th President of the Louisiana State University | |
| Assumed office May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Galligan (acting) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Education sciences Epidemiology Sociology |
| Institutions | Washington University Texas Christian University University of Wisconsin, Madison University of South Carolina |
| Thesis | An Evaluation of the Function Knowledge of a Selected Group of Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin Johnson |
William F. Tate IV is an American social scientist and higher education administrator. In May 2021, he was selected as president of the Louisiana State University system, and chancellor of the flagship school in Baton Rouge. He is the first Black person to hold the position(s), and the first to head any school in the Southeastern Conference.