Safa Zaki
Safa Zaki | |
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| 16th President of Bowdoin College | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Clayton Rose |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 3, 1968 Cairo, Egypt |
| Spouse | Huff Templeton |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | American University in Cairo (BA) Arizona State University (MA, PhD) |
Safa Ramzy Zaki is a psychologist, cognitive scientist, and academic administrator serving as the 16th president of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. She is the first woman to lead Bowdoin since its founding in 1794.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Zaki was born in 1968 in Cairo, Egypt and raised in Tanzania, Syria, Jordan, and Trinidad and Tobago. Zaki graduated from the American University in Cairo with a BA in psychology. She continued her education in the United States at Arizona State University, earning her master's degree and PhD in psychology.[1]
Career
[edit]Prior to her appointment at Bowdoin, Zaki served on the faculty of Williams College for 22 years. She joined the Williams faculty in 2002 as an assistant professor of psychology. She was appointed the dean of faculty at Williams in 2020.[2]
Zaki was elected President of Bowdoin College on March 9, 2023 and began her term on July 1, 2023.[3] She was officially inaugurated on Saturday, October 14, 2023.[4]
Personal life
[edit]In 1995, Zaki married Huff Templeton, a fellow graduate student at Arizona State.[5] Templeton ran for the 2022 election in the Democratic primary to Massachusetts State Senate to represent the Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire district.[6][7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Safa Zaki Elected Sixteenth President of Bowdoin College". Bowdoin College. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Dean of Faculty Safa Zaki is the next president of Bowdoin College.
- ^ Burns, Christopher (9 March 2023). "Safa Zaki named Bowdoin College's next president". Bangor Daily News.
- ^ Bowdoin College Office of the President
- ^ "A Particular Kind of Strength". News. 2023-06-27. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "Huff Tyler Templeton III". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ Eagle, Scott Stafford, The Berkshire (2022-05-11). "Huff Templeton of Williamstown jumps into the race for Adam Hinds' state Senate seat". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Williamstown Democrat seeks Senate nomination". Daily Hampshire Gazette. 2022-07-25. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ "OCPF - Registered Filers". m.ocpf.us. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
External links
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