Alan Shepard | |
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11th President of the University of Western Ontario | |
Assumed office 1 July 2019 | |
Chancellor | Kelly Meighen |
Preceded by | Amit Chakma |
4th President of the Concordia University | |
In office 1 August 2012 – 30 June 2019 | |
Chancellor |
L. Jacques Ménard Jonathan Wener |
Preceded by |
Judith Woodsworth Frederick Lowy (interim) |
Succeeded by | Graham Carr |
Personal details | |
Born |
c.1962 (age 61–62) Iowa, United States |
Citizenship | Canadian, American |
Alma mater |
St. Olaf College (BA) University of Virginia (PhD) |
Occupation | University academic and administrator |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Marlowe's anatomy of desire (1990) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | English literature |
Sub-discipline | Early Modern English literature |
Institutions | |
Alan Shepard (born c. 1962) [1] is a Canadian academic and the current and 11th president and vice-chancellor of Western University in London, Ontario, effective July 2019. He previously served as the president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University in Montreal.
Shepard was born in Iowa, and is a dual citizen of both Canada and the United States. [2] He has a background in Early Modern English literature. He received an BA in English literature from St. Olaf College in 1983 [3] and received a PhD in English from the University of Virginia in 1990. [2] [4]
Shepard served as the chair of the English department at Texas Christian University from 1998 to 2002. [2] He moved to Canada in 2002, where he began working as a visiting research fellow at the University of Toronto. [2]
Shepard was hired as an associate vice-president academic at University of Guelph in 2005. [2] In 2007, Shepard became the provost and vice-president academic at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), where he worked until 2012. [2] At Ryerson, Shepard led the development of a business incubator called the Digital Media Zone. [5]
In August 2012, Shepard became the president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University in Montreal. [6] [7] His two predecessors, Judith Woodsworth and Claude Lajeunesse, were both removed midway through their terms due to scandals. [8] [9]
In November 2018, Shepard announced he would be leaving Concordia on 30 June 2019 to become the president and vice-chancellor of Western University in London, Ontario. [7] [8] In July 2019, Shepard replaced Amit Chakma to become the 11th president of Western. [5] [10] In December 2022 he was reappointed to a second term as President. [11]
Shepard has served on the board of directors at Universities Canada, Stratford Festival, and the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal. [12] He is currently chair of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network. [4]
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Alan Shepard | |
---|---|
11th President of the University of Western Ontario | |
Assumed office 1 July 2019 | |
Chancellor | Kelly Meighen |
Preceded by | Amit Chakma |
4th President of the Concordia University | |
In office 1 August 2012 – 30 June 2019 | |
Chancellor |
L. Jacques Ménard Jonathan Wener |
Preceded by |
Judith Woodsworth Frederick Lowy (interim) |
Succeeded by | Graham Carr |
Personal details | |
Born |
c.1962 (age 61–62) Iowa, United States |
Citizenship | Canadian, American |
Alma mater |
St. Olaf College (BA) University of Virginia (PhD) |
Occupation | University academic and administrator |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Marlowe's anatomy of desire (1990) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | English literature |
Sub-discipline | Early Modern English literature |
Institutions | |
Alan Shepard (born c. 1962) [1] is a Canadian academic and the current and 11th president and vice-chancellor of Western University in London, Ontario, effective July 2019. He previously served as the president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University in Montreal.
Shepard was born in Iowa, and is a dual citizen of both Canada and the United States. [2] He has a background in Early Modern English literature. He received an BA in English literature from St. Olaf College in 1983 [3] and received a PhD in English from the University of Virginia in 1990. [2] [4]
Shepard served as the chair of the English department at Texas Christian University from 1998 to 2002. [2] He moved to Canada in 2002, where he began working as a visiting research fellow at the University of Toronto. [2]
Shepard was hired as an associate vice-president academic at University of Guelph in 2005. [2] In 2007, Shepard became the provost and vice-president academic at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), where he worked until 2012. [2] At Ryerson, Shepard led the development of a business incubator called the Digital Media Zone. [5]
In August 2012, Shepard became the president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University in Montreal. [6] [7] His two predecessors, Judith Woodsworth and Claude Lajeunesse, were both removed midway through their terms due to scandals. [8] [9]
In November 2018, Shepard announced he would be leaving Concordia on 30 June 2019 to become the president and vice-chancellor of Western University in London, Ontario. [7] [8] In July 2019, Shepard replaced Amit Chakma to become the 11th president of Western. [5] [10] In December 2022 he was reappointed to a second term as President. [11]
Shepard has served on the board of directors at Universities Canada, Stratford Festival, and the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal. [12] He is currently chair of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network. [4]
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