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President
Sharon D. Herzberger |
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Sharon D. Herzberger was appointed
Whittier College’s 14th president in February of 2005 and
formally began her term of office on July 1, 2005. Her career in
academe spans 30 years and is marked by a variety of successive
leadership roles and professional achievement, affording her
experience in virtually every conceivable aspect of campus life
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After teaching posts at both
Northwestern University and Schiller College in Madrid, Herzberger began her longtime association with Trinity College
in 1980, when she joined the faculty of the psychology
department, eventually serving as department chair. Over the
course of the next two decades, Herzberger also took on a
variety of challenging administrative positions, including
special assistant to the president for affirmative action,
associate vice president for the college’s campaign, and vice
president for student services.
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She was appointed to her final
Trinity office—vice president for institutional planning and
administration—in September 2004, and served in that position
until moving to Whittier College to assume the presidency.
In 2000 Herzberger founded the Consortium on High Achievement
and Success (CHAS), a group of 36 highly selective, private
liberal arts colleges and universities that have pledged to
collaborate in creating a healthy environment on member campuses
where students of all backgrounds may reach their highest
potential as scholars and leaders. She then served as chair of
the CHAS steering board until 2005.
In addition to publishing numerous research articles, Herzberger
has co-authored manuscripts in her two principal areas of
academic research: affirmative action (Affirmative Action: The
Pros and Cons of Policy and Practice) and domestic violence
(Violence within the Family: Social Psychological Perspectives).
She holds a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University
and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of
Illinois.
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