Jane Close Conoley

Jane Close Conoley is the president of California State University, Long Beach.[1] She is the former interim chancellor of the University of California, Riverside; she took on the chancellorial duties on December 31, 2012[2] following the resignation of former chancellor Tim White. Prior to being selected as the interim chancellor for UC Riverside, Conoley was the dean of the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara from January 2006 to December 30, 2012, a position which she publicly stated she intended to resume upon the completion of her tenure as interim chancellor of UC Riverside.[2] On January 29, 2014, Conoley was announced as the new president of California State University, Long Beach.[3]

Biography

Conoley was awarded a New York State Regents full scholarship and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology, with minors in biology and philosophy, from the College of New Rochelle.[4] She subsequently obtained a Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.[4]

Career

Affiliations

Conoley is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science.[4] She is also a member of the American Educational Research Association and the Society for the Study of School Psychology, as of 2004.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Dulaney, Josh (July 14, 2014). "Jane Close Conoley to take reins as new president of Cal State Long Beach". Press-Telegram. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Lovekin, Kris (20 November 2012). "UC President Mark G. Yudof Names Interim Chancellor for UC Riverside: Jane Close Conoley is currently dean of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education". UCR Today. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Dulaney, Josh (January 29, 2014). "Jane Close Conoley to be first woman to lead CSULB". Press-Telegram. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Vita: Jane Close Conoley" (PDF). Retrieved 9 July 2013.
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