Marisa Kelly is an American political scientist and academic administrator who is the current president of
Suffolk University in
Boston, Massachusetts.
Kelly received a
B.A.
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four yea ...
in Government from
California State University, Sacramento
California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is the eleventh oldest school in the 23-campus California ...
in 1986 and an MA in
Political Theory from
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different ...
. She then earned a PhD in Political Science from the
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...
in 1994.
From 1994 to 2006 Kelly was a faculty member and administrator at
University of the Pacific in
Stockton, California. She then worked as dean and McQuinn Distinguished Chair of the College of Arts and Sciences at the
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) from 2006 to 2011. Kelly was provost and vice president at
Ithaca College
Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca, New York. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music and is set against the backdrop of the city of Ithaca (which is separate from the town), Cayuga Lake, waterfalls, and go ...
from 2011 to 2014, and joined Suffolk as provost in 2014. She was interim president of
Suffolk University before being appointed president in 2018.
Suffolk Biography
accessed June 18, 2019
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
California State University, Sacramento alumni
San Francisco State University alumni
University of Kansas alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Presidents of Suffolk University
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