Ángel Cabrera (academic)
Ángel Cabrera | |
|---|---|
Cabrera in 2012 | |
| 12th President of the Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| Assumed office September 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bud Peterson |
| 6th President of George Mason University | |
| In office July 1, 2012 – July 31, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Alan Merten |
| Succeeded by | Anne Holton |
| 11th President of Thunderbird School of Global Management | |
| In office July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 5, 1967 Madrid, Spain |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Technical University of Madrid (BS, MS) Georgia Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cognitive science |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | A functional analysis of categorization (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | Dorrit Billman |
Ángel Cabrera Izquierdo (born August 5, 1967) is a Spanish-American academic. He is the 12th and current president of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Previously, he was the president of George Mason University and of the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and the former dean of IE Business School. His scholarship includes work on learning, management and leadership.
On June 13, 2019, Cabrera was announced as the new President at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a post he assumed on September 1, 2019. Cabrera is the first Spanish-born president of an American university.