Preceded by Michael Young | Name Ana Cauce | |
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Alma mater University of Miami
Yale University Profession University Administrator, Professor Education Yale University, University of Miami | ||
You are not your resume charles lee and ana mari cauce at the university of washington
Ana Mari Cauce (born January 11, 1956) is an American psychologist, college administrator and the 33rd and current president of the University of Washington. She is the University's first permanent woman president. Cauce is the first Latina President of the University of Washington.
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- You are not your resume charles lee and ana mari cauce at the university of washington
- Uw president ana mari cauce
- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- Leadership positions
- Works and publications
- References
Uw president ana mari cauce
Early life and education
Cauce was born in Havana, Cuba, to father, Vicente Cauce, the minister of education in Cuba under Batista, and mother Ana Cauce (née Vivanco). Her family fled the island during the Cuban revolution when she was three years old. She grew up in Miami, Florida, where her father, who had a PhD, worked as a custodian and eventually both parents worked in a shoe factory.
in 1977, Cause earned a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in English from the University of Miami. In 1979, Cauce earned a Master of Science in psychology and in 1982 a Master of Philosophy from Yale University. In 1984, she went on to earn a PhD doctorate from Yale University in psychology, with a concentration in child clinical and community psychology. While at Yale, she studied with Edmund W. Gordon.
Career
Cauce began her teaching career as a lecturer at the University of Delaware. In 1986, she moved to Seattle to work as a professor at the University of Washington. After gaining tenure in 1990, in 1996 Cauce was named Chair of the American Ethnic Studies department. She later became the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
In 2007, Cauce helped launch The Husky Promise, a program to fund tuition to the university.
In 2012, she became Provost of the University of Washington.
Cauce was selected by the University of Washington Board of Regents on October 13, 2015 after serving as the interim president since March 2015, when her predecessor Michael Young announced his departure. In 2017, the university settled a public records lawsuit related to the selection of Cauce.
Personal life
In 1979, Cauce's older brother, César Cauce, a civil rights activist, was murdered in the Greensboro massacre.
Cauce is married to her spouse, Susan Joslyn, a professor and her longtime partner since 1989.