Kimberly W. Benston (born January 18, 1953) is an American literary historian and academic administrator. Benston earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

. He taught at his alma mater and

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

before joining the

Haverford College Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducational ...

faculty in 1984. Benston was appointed Francis B. Gummere Professor of English in 2002 and served as provost between 2012 and 2015. He was named president of Haverford College later that year and took office on July 1, 2015. Benston stepped down from the presidency and returned to teaching in 2019.

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