Gina Gabrielle Starr

Gina Gabrielle Starr

Gina Gabrielle Starr is an American academic administrator and interdisciplinary scholar. Born in Tallahassee, Florida in 1974, Starr began studying Emory University at the early age of 15, obtaining both her undergraduate and master’s degrees in Women’s Studies by 1993. Upon leaving Emory, Starr spent a year studying at the University of St Andrews under the prestigious Robert T. Jones Scholarship. Starr went on to obtain a PhD in English Literature from Harvard University in 1999, then undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at the California Institute of Technology where she explored techniques in cognitive neuroscience. In 2000, Starr joined the faculty at New York University. She became acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 2011 and dean suo jure in 2013. Starr led various community development initiatives throughout the state of New York, such as co-founding a liberal arts prison education program and initiating a STEM preparation and transfer program in partnership with Manhattan community colleges. In 2017, Starr became the first woman and first African American to assume the post of President of Pomona College. She is currently serving as the tenth president of the Southern Californian Institution.

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