Ellen Granberg
Ellen Marie Granberg is an American sociologist and academic administrator who became the 19th president of George Washington University on July 1, 2023.
Ellen Granberg | |
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19th President of the George Washington University | |
Assumed office July 1, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Mark S. Wrighton (interim) |
Personal details | |
Born | Davis, California, U.S. |
Residence | F Street House |
Education | University of California, Davis (BA) Vanderbilt University (MA, PhD) |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Identity Transformation Due to Weight Loss (2001) |
Doctoral advisor | Peggy Thoits |
Education
Granberg has an undergraduate bachelor's degree from the University of California at Davis. She earned her master's and Ph.D. degrees from Vanderbilt University.[1] Her doctoral thesis was on self identity based on health outcomes[2] According to Google Scholar, her research has been cited a total of 2,136 times and she has an h-index of 15 (i.e., 15 publications cited at least 15 times each).[3] Her work has been on microsocial phenomenon on the self image, the identity, the well-being and ultimately the mental health of society but particularly of children.[4]
Career
In the 1980s and 1990s, Granberg served in the telecommunications industry at the Fortune 500 firm Pacific Bell and AT&T.[5] She has been an academic administrator for over 25 years and first started her career in academia as a professor of sociology at Clemson University where she worked on nutrition science and obesity.[6] She spent seventeen years at Clemson before moving to Rochester Institute of Technology where she was named provost in 2018.[7] She became the first female provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology.[8] She is credited for expanding doctoral education and creating new facilities for instruction and research at Rochester Institute of Technology.[9] In addition to expanding doctoral education and research, Granberg co-led the formation of RIT Certified, which aimed to promote professional mobility. It has a portfolio of alternative education courses, certificate programs and skill-based learning experiences.[10]
In 2023 Granberg was named as the incoming president of George Washington University, the first woman to hold the position of president at the university; Granberg started on July 2, 2023.[1][11] After a decision by the Atlantic 10 Conference that they would relocated to Washington, D.C. in November 2023, Granberg announced that the mens basketball championships would be hosted by GW in 2025.[12]
References
- Anderson, Nick (January 11, 2023). "Ellen Granberg named president of GWU, the first woman to hold the job". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- "https://catalog.library.vanderbilt.edu/discovery/fulldisplay/alma991005544689703276/01VAN_INST:vanui". catalog.library.vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
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- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=25p_gfsAAAAJ&hl=en
- McAllister, Cade. "Granberg, sociologist celebrate research, community engagement at GW". The GW Hatchet. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
- "Ellen Granberg: GW Community's Ambition is 'Inspiring' | GW Today | The George Washington University". GW Today. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- Neegaard, Lauran (2011-01-25). "No quick fix after 150 years of dieting fads". Democrat and Chronicle. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- Finnerty, Meghan (2018-07-13). "RIT begins $1 billions fundraising effort". Democrat and Chronicle. pp. , . Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- "Ellen Granberg: GW Community's Ambition is 'Inspiring' | GW Today | The George Washington University". GW Today. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- "Ellen Granberg". RIT. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- Jacob, Smriti (2023-01-18). "RIT provost named president of George Washington University". Rochester Beacon. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- "Ellen Granberg, Ph.D., to Serve as 19th President of the George Washington University | GW Today | The George Washington University". GW Today.
- Koretz, Sandra. "A-10 to relocate conference headquarters to DC". The GW Hatchet. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
External links
- Welcoming Dr. Ellen Granberg as the 19th President of the George Washington University, January 11, 2023 - YouTube video
- Ellen Granberg publications indexed by Google Scholar