Sarah Mangelsdorf

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Sarah Mangelsdorf
OccupationUniversity administrator
Years active1980s-present
Spouse(s)Karl Rosengren[1]
AwardsWilliam Prokasy Teaching Award (1998)[2]
Academic background
EducationOberlin College (1980)[2]
U. Minnesota PhD (1988)[2]
ThesisThe development of social appraisal in infancy (1988)
Academic work
DisciplineChild psychology
WebsiteU of R presidents website

Sarah Charlotte Mangelsdorf is an American educator, scholar, and the eleventh president of the University of Rochester.

Career[]

As a psychologist, the focus of Mangelsdorf's research has been on the social and emotional development of infants and toddlers.[3] She has held leadership positions at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.[2][4]

Provost at University of Wisconsin at Madison[]

Before Rochester, Mangelsdorf was provost at the University of Wisconsin at Madison where she was credited with advancing fundraising, coping with budget cuts, improving the school's overall ranking, successfully retaining key faculty members, and improving relations with the state of Wisconsin.[5] Her responsibilities at Madison included oversight of all academic programs for its twelve colleges and schools, including budgeting.[6]

President of University of Rochester[]

Mangelsdorf became as the eleventh president of the University of Rochester in July 2019.[7] She is the first woman to hold that post.[1][3]

As president, her plans include strengthening relations with the city of Rochester,[8] raising more money for scholarships, and furthering the public perception that schools such as the Eastman School of Music are part of the overall university.[9]

Personal life[]

Mangelsdorf is married to Karl Rosengren who is a developmental psychologist on the U. of Rochester faculty.[1] Her father, Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf Jr., was a physics professor at Swarthmore College and her grandfather Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf was a professor of botany at Harvard University.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Douglas Embildge (November 18, 2019). "Someone You Should Know: Sarah Mangelsdorf". 13WHAM TV. Retrieved December 10, 2019. ...The new University of Rochester president is into her fifth month leading Rochester's largest employer.... But now this child psychologist finds herself leading a university with roughly 30,000 employees and 10,000 students.... She and her husband, Karl Rosengren, a developmental psychologist who has joined the U of R faculty....
  2. ^ a b c d University of Illinois, August 10, 2004, Sarah Mangelsdorf named acting dean of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Retrieved December 10, 2019, "...served on the editorial boards of five academic journals in the field of psychology ... honored several times for her teaching, including the William Prokasy Teaching Award (1998) ...."
  3. ^ a b Brian Sharp (October 4, 2019). "UR inaugurates Sarah Mangelsdorf as 11th president, the first woman to hold that post". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved December 10, 2019. ...Mangelsdorf is UR's 11th president and the first woman to lead the institution ... Her own academic research focus has been on the social and emotional development of infants and young children....
  4. ^ James Brown (July 1, 2019). "University of Rochester's first female president starts". WXXI News. Retrieved December 10, 2019. ... Mangelsdorf comes to Rochester from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was provost....
  5. ^ John Lucas (June 11, 2019). "Exit Interview: Sarah Mangelsdorf". Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison. Retrieved December 10, 2019. ... she has overseen teaching, undergraduate education and the faculty ... Through hard work, it ended with a Wisconsin rebound: The successful retention of many faculty, new resources from initiatives like Summer Term, undergraduate enrollment growth and improved relations with the state ....
  6. ^ Staff writer (December 17, 2018). "Wisconsin Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf Named University of Rochester President". Newscenter (U of R). Retrieved December 10, 2019. ...Mangelsdorf currently serves as the chief operating officer at Wisconsin, where her responsibilities include oversight of all academic programs and budget planning for 12 schools and colleges....
  7. ^ Wil Aiken (July 2, 2019). "Sarah Mangelsdorf begins UR presidency". Campus Times. Retrieved December 10, 2019. ... In the email, Mangelsdorf said she is beginning her time at UR with a “listening and learning tour” of campus.....
  8. ^ Dana Louise Carter (October 7, 2019). "Sarah Mangelsdorf inaugurated as 11th president – first female – at University of Rochester (access required)". Rochester Business Journal. Retrieved December 10, 2019. ...The University of Rochester is not only in Rochester, Sarah C. Mangelsdorf said at her inauguration as president Friday afternoon. It’s of Rochester......
  9. ^ Schweta Koul (August 20, 2019). "Mangelsdorf talks background and plans". Campus Times. Retrieved December 10, 2019. ... President Sarah Mangelsdorf, ... “I mean I’ve met musicians who think very highly of Eastman and have no idea [that] it’s a part of [UR]. That, to me, is a problem.”...

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