Sarah C. Mangelsdorf, an experienced academic leader recognized for her work on issues of academic quality, educational access, and diversity and inclusion at some of the nation’s leading public and private institutions, has been named president of the University of Rochester.
Currently the provost at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she is also a professor of psychology who is internationally known for her research on the social and emotional development of infants and young children. Mangelsdorf will be the first woman to lead the University when she formally takes office in the summer of 2019. She will succeed Richard Feldman as the University’s chief executive.
