Alan Shepard (academic)
Alan Shepard | |
|---|---|
| 11th President of the University of Western Ontario | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2019 | |
| Chancellor | Kelly Meighen |
| Preceded by | Amit Chakma |
| 4th President of the Concordia University | |
| In office 1 August 2012 – 30 June 2019 | |
| Chancellor | L. Jacques Ménard Jonathan Wener |
| Preceded by | Judith Woodsworth Frederick Lowy (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Graham Carr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c.1962 (age 62–63) Iowa, U.S. |
| Citizenship | Canadian, American |
| Education | St. Olaf College (BA) University of Virginia (PhD) |
| Occupation | University academic and administrator |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Marlowe's anatomy of desire (1990) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | English literature |
| Sub-discipline | Early Modern English literature |
| Institutions | |
Alan Shepard (born c. 1962) is an American-Canadian academic and the current and 11th president and vice-chancellor of Western University in London, Ontario, effective July 2019. He previously served as the president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University in Montreal.