Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg
Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg | |
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| 11th President of the University of Tampa | |
| Assumed office June 1, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ronald L. Vaughn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Teresa Abi-Nader 1961 (age 62–63) |
| Education | University of Pittsburgh North Carolina State University |
Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg (born 1961) is an academic administrator and engineering professor who is the eleventh president of the University of Tampa. From 2019 until 2024, she was the provost of Texas Christian University.
Early life and career
[edit]Dahlberg was born in 1961 and raised near Uniontown, Pennsylvania in a Lebanese American family of six children.[1][2] She earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.[3] She completed a master's degree and Ph.D. in computer engineering from North Carolina State University,[3] where she was inducted to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Hall of Fame.[4]
Her 1993 dissertation was titled, Dependability Evaluation of Large Systems with Dependent Failures Using a Hierarchical Network Model.[2]
From 1984 to 1994, Dahlberg was an engineer with IBM,[5][3] where she received the Outstanding Technical Achievement Award (1989) and the Resident Study Award for doctoral studies (1990-1993).
Dahlberg began her academic career as a visiting assistant professor in computer science at Winthrop University (1994-1995).
From 1995 to 2013, she was the associate dean of the college of computing and informatics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[5][3] She was a principal investigator who researched computer education, computing, and wireless networking.[6] At UNC Charlotte, she founded the Diversity in Information Technology Institute, an action research center that strengthened the STEM pipeline from K-12 to the professoriate. She co-founded and directed the STARS Computing Corps, a National Science Foundation Alliance for Broadening Participation in Computing, and engaged over 50 colleges and universities in student-led regional engagement from 2006 through 2013. She was recognized as a Woman of Distinction for STEM Education (2012) by the Girl Scouts Hornets’ Nest Council, as a Diversity in Business Catalyst (2006) and as Woman of the Year at Charlotte (2005)[7].[8]
She worked as the chief academic officer and dean of the Albert Nerken School of Engineering at Cooper Union from 2013 to 2015.[5][9] Her time at Cooper Union, during its financial crisis and tuition protests, ended shortly after a series of controversial allegations (including plagiarism of academic program proposals and bypassing faculty governance structures) by a group of alumni and students[10][11] as well as the state attorney general.[12]
[3]From 2015 to 2019, Dahlberg worked as the dean of the college of engineering and computer science at Syracuse University.[5][3] She was also a professor of electrical engineering and computer science while at Syracuse.[13] On March 1, 2019, Dahlberg became the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs of Texas Christian University.[14] In December 2023, she was named as the incoming eleventh president of the University of Tampa.[5] She succeeds Ronald L. Vaughn on June 1, 2024.[5]
Refererences
[edit]- ^ "Meet the Deans: Teresa Dahlberg". The Cooper Union. November 15, 2013. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ a b Dahlberg, Teresa Abi-Nader (1993). Dependability Evaluation of Large Systems with Dependent Failures Using a Hierarchical Network Model (Ph.D. thesis). North Carolina State University. OCLC 30302352.
- ^ a b c d e f "Office of the Provost | Provost". provost.tcu.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Alumni Awards » Electrical and Computer Engineering". ece.ncsu.edu. 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ a b c d e f Kumar, Divya (December 18, 2023). "University of Tampa names its 11th president after monthslong search". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "University of Tampa Names TCU Provost Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg as Its 11th President". www.ut.edu. December 18, 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Catalyst for change: Teresa Dahlberg". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ Yumpu.com. "2012 Annual Report - the Girl Scouts, Hornets' Nest Council". yumpu.com. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Meet the Deans: Teresa Dahlberg". The Cooper Union. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ Article, Brian Boucher ShareShare This (2015-03-26). "Cooper Alumni Strike Back". Artnet News. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ The Real State of Cooper Union (PDF). The Committee to Save Cooper Union. March 16, 2015.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Schneiderman, Eric (September 2, 2015). "Verified Cross-Petition of Intervenor Attorney General of the State of New York" (PDF). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ "Teresa Dahlberg » Electrical and Computer Engineering". Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg Named Provost at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth". Women In Academia Report. 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
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- People from Uniontown, Pennsylvania
- American people of Lebanese descent
- IBM people
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte faculty
- University of Pittsburgh alumni
- North Carolina State University alumni
- Cooper Union faculty
- Syracuse University faculty
- Texas Christian University faculty
- University of Tampa faculty
- Women deans (academic)
- Women heads of universities and colleges
- Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
- American university and college faculty deans
- 21st-century American women engineers
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- Engineers from Pennsylvania
- Electrical engineering academics
- American electrical engineers
- Women electrical engineers
- American women computer scientists