Danielle R. Holley (born )"20 Under 40: The Next Wave of Leaders: Danielle Holley", ''The State'' (February 20, 2012), p. F15. is an American academic administrator serving as the 20th President of

Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite historically women's colleges in the Northeastern United States. ...

. Her term began on July 1, 2023, with her official inauguration taking place on September 21, 2023. She is the first Black woman to be permanently appointed President of the College. In 2022, she was mentioned by '' The New York Times'' as a possible Joe Biden Supreme Court candidate to succeed retiring Justice

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Career

Holley received a B.A. from Yale University in 1996, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1999. She then served as a

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for Chief Judge

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of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Holley served as associate dean for academic affairs at the University of South Carolina School of Law, from which position she was named dean of the

Howard University School of Law Howard University School of Law (Howard Law or HUSL) is the law school of Howard University, a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is one of the oldest law schools in the country and the oldes ...

in 2014. From there she was selected to become Mount Holyoke's 20th President. Holley is a Liberty Fellow through the

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’s Aspen Global Leadership Network. She is also on the board of the

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Selected publications

*'' The Recovery School District Act and New Orleans’ Charter Schools” in LAW & DISASTERS: CHILDREN AND THE LAW AFTER THE KATRINA DISASTER'' (2008) *'' Accountability Charter Schools” in OUR PROMISE: ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY FOR ALL AMERICA’S CHILDREN'' (2009)

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Career

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