Sharon Gaber | |
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5th Chancellor of UNC Charlotte | |
Assumed office July 20, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Philip L. Dubois |
17th President of the University of Toledo | |
In office July 1, 2015 – July 6, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Lloyd Jacobs Nagi Naganathan (interim) |
Succeeded by | Gregory Postel (interim) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1964 (age 60–61) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Occidental College (BA) University of Southern California (MA) Cornell University (PhD) |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Municipal shelter siting in New York City, 1980-1990: An examination using contrasting theories of decision-making and homelessness causality (1993) |
Doctoral advisor | Pierre Clavel |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Urban planning |
Institutions | |
Sharon Gaber (born 1964) is the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[1] Prior to that, she served as the first female president of the University of Toledo, selected to the post on March 12, 2015. Before serving as president of The University of Toledo, she was the provost and the Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas from May 1, 2009, to 2015.[2]
On April 28, 2020, Gaber was announced as the fifth chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[3] She entered office as the 5th chancellor of UNC Charlotte on July 20, 2020, and became the first woman to serve in that position. The founder, Bonnie Cone, was in a similar position before the Chancellor position was established.[4]