Nannerl O. Keohane
Nannerl Keohane | |
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Keohane in 2004 | |
| 8th President of Duke University | |
| In office July 1, 1993 – June 30, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | H. Keith H. Brodie |
| Succeeded by | Richard H. Brodhead |
| 11th President of Wellesley College | |
| In office July 1, 1981 – June 30, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Barbara W. Newell |
| Succeeded by | Diana Walsh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nannerl Overholser September 18, 1940 Blytheville, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Residence | Douglas M. and Grace Knight House |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College (BA) Oxford University (BA) Yale University (PhD) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Democratic monarchy: The political theory of the Marquis d'Argenson (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Roger Masters |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political science |
| Institutions | |
Nannerl "Nan" Overholser Keohane (born September 18, 1940, in Blytheville, Arkansas) is an American political theorist and former president of Wellesley College and Duke University. Until September 2014, Keohane was the Laurance S. Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. She is now a professor in social sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, where she is researching the theory and practice of leadership in democratic societies.