Gretchen Ritter
Gretchen Ritter | |
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Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Cornell University (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.) |
Occupation | Academic administrator |
Employer | Syracuse University |
Title | Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer |
Gretchen Ritter is an American academic administrator who is the current Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer of Syracuse University.[1] She was previously the Executive Dean and Vice Provost of The Ohio State University's College of Arts and Sciences from 2019 to 2021.[2]
Early life and education[]
Gretchen Ritter grew up in Upstate New York.[3] A "third-generation Cornellian", she graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Government in 1983.[3] She later earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3]
Career[]
Ritter is a leading expert in the history of women’s constitutional rights and contemporary issues concerning democracy and citizenship in American politics.[4] Prior to becoming an academic administrator, Ritter taught at MIT, Princeton University, Harvard University, and the University of Texas at Austin.[5][6]
From 2009 to 2013, she was the Vice Provost for undergraduate education and faculty governance at the University of Texas at Austin.[3] In 2013, she became the first woman to serve as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University, a position she held until 2018.[7]
In 2014, Ritter interviewed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the New-York Historical Society.[8][9]
From 2019 to 2021, she served as the Executive Dean and Vice Provost of The Ohio State University's College of Arts and Sciences.[2] Ritter officially left her positions at Ohio State in August 2021 and became the Vice Chancellor, Provost, and Chief Academic Officer of Syracuse University in October 2021.[1][10]
Ritter is the author of two books, The Constitution as Social Design: Gender and Civic Membership in the American Constitutional Order and Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Antimonology Tradition and the Politics of Finance in America, 1865–1896.[11] She is a co-editor of Democratization in America: A Comparative and Historical Perspective.[11]
Ritter is the recipient of several fellowships and awards, including the National Endowment for Humanities Fellowship, the Radcliffe Research Partnership Award, and a Liberal Arts Fellowship at Harvard Law School.[4] She is also a member of the American Political Science Association and the Council on Foreign Relations.[4]
Works[]
- Ritter, Gretchen (1997). Goldbugs and Greenbacks: The Antimonopoly Tradition and the Politics of Finance in America, 1865–1896. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521653923. OCLC 181692643.
- Ritter, Gretchen (2006). The Constitution as Social Design: Gender and Civic Membership in the American Constitutional Order. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804754385. OCLC 654816215.
References[]
- ^ a b "Gretchen Ritter Named Syracuse University's Next Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer". SU News. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
- ^ a b Booker, Christ (May 15, 2019). "Gretchen Ritter to lead Ohio State's College of Arts and Sciences". The Ohio State University. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Aloi, Daniel (April 11, 2013). "Gretchen Ritter '83 named dean of Arts and Sciences". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Meet the Provost". SU Office of the Provost. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
- ^ "Cornell arts and sciences dean: Colleges must foster good citizenship". The Washington Post. March 20, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- ^ Guajardo, Gaby (April 11, 2013). "UT Vice Provost Accepts Position at Cornell". The Alcade. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- ^ "CU college names first female dean". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. April 13, 2013. p. A4. Retrieved November 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Craig, Jon (September 22, 2014). "Ruth Bader Ginsburg reminisces about her time on the Hill". Cornell Chronicle. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ "Ruth Bader Ginsburg: From Brooklyn to the Bench". YouTube.
- ^ Kidwell, Mary (2021-06-14). "Dean of College of Arts and Sciences Gretchen Ritter to leave Ohio State". The Lantern. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
- ^ a b "The Department of Government - Gretchen Ritter". Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences. Cornell University.
- Living people
- Cornell University alumni
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- University of Texas at Austin faculty
- Cornell University faculty
- American university and college faculty deans
- Women deans (academic)
- Ohio State University faculty
- Syracuse University faculty
- American academic administrator stubs