Sarah Bolton | |
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&sq=albert einstein&lang=en&file=File:Bolton_MD55115_(cropped).jpg) Sarah Bolton in 2016 | |
| 15th President of Whitman College | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Kathleen M. Murray |
Sarah Bolton | |
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| Alma mater | Brown University (BS) University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
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| Thesis | Dimensionality dependence of indium gallium arsenide nonlinear optical response (1996) |
| Doctoral advisor | Daniel S. Chemla |
Sarah Bolton is an American physicist and university administrator who currently serves as the president of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. She assumed this position on July 1, 2022.[2] Bolton has been a strong supporter of Dreamers, students who are undocumented but born in the United States,[3] Posse scholars, a program to "empower diverse groups of leaders who transform communities, this country and the world,"[4][5] and international students, especially when many could not return home during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
Prior to her tenure at Whitman, Bolton was president of the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio from 2016 to 2022, as well as dean and professor of physics at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts from 1995 to 2016.
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- ^ Bolton, Sarah (November 11, 2019). "American classrooms need Dreamers: Sarah Bolton".
- ^ "Posse Atlanta Scholars Honored as 2021 Commencement Speakers". Fall 2021.
- ^ "Shaping the Future: Our country is diverse. Its leadership should be, too". The Posse Foundation. 2022.
- ^ Fisher, Karin (March 6, 2020). "With Coronavirus Keeping Them in U.S., International Students Face Uncertainty. So Do Their Colleges". Chronicle of Higher Education.