Ellen Granberg

Ellen Marie Granberg is an American sociologist and academic administrator serving as the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She is the incoming president of George Washington University, with a starting date of July 1, 2023.

Ellen Granberg
Born
Davis, California
Occupation(s)University administrator and professor
Academic background
Alma materVanderbilt University (PhD)

Vanderbilt University (MA)

University of California, Davis (BA)
ThesisIdentity transformation due to weight loss (2001)

Education

Granberg has an undergraduate bachelor's degree from the University of California at Davis. She earned her master's and Ph.D. degrees from Vanderbilt University.[1]

Career

Before academia, Granberg spent eleven years in the telecommunications industry at the Fortune 500 firm Pacific Bell. Granberg was a sociology professor at Clemson University where she worked on nutrition science and obesity.[2] She spent seventeen years at Clemson before moving to Rochester Institute of Technology where she was named provost in 2018.[3] She became the first woman to serve as provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology. She chaired the development and implementation of RIT'S strategic plan, which spurred growth in research and graduate studies. In 2023 Granberg was named as the incoming president of George Washington University, the first woman to hold the position of president at the university; Granberg will start on July 2, 2023.[1][4]

References
  1. Anderson, Nick (January 11, 2023). "Ellen Granberg named president of GWU, the first woman to hold the job". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  2. Neegaard, Lauran (2011-01-25). "No quick fix after 150 years of dieting fads". Democrat and Chronicle. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  3. Finnerty, Meghan (2018-07-13). "RIT begins $1 billions fundraising effort". Democrat and Chronicle. pp. , . Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  4. "Ellen Granberg, Ph.D., to Serve as 19th President of the George Washington University | GW Today | The George Washington University". GW Today.


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