Cristle Collins Judd to Be Inaugurated 11th President of Sarah Lawrence College Friday, October 6

By Judith Schwartzstein, Vice President for Communications, Sarah Lawrence College

Oct. 4, 2017:  Cristle Collins Judd will be inaugurated the eleventh president of Sarah Lawrence College this Friday, October 6, at 2:30 pm on the south lawn of the college's campus.

The inaugural theme will be democracy and education and what it means in 2017. The theme was chosen to engage the college and community in conversations about critical issues facing the United States and the world. 

Cristle Collins Judd joined Sarah Lawrence College at the beginning of this school year from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where she served as senior program officer responsible for grants and initiatives supporting colleges and universities, the arts, civic engagement, and the public humanities.

An award-winning scholar and teacher, Judd previously served as dean for academic affairs and professor of music at Bowdoin College and as a tenured faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds degrees in music theory from Rice University and King's College, University of London.

Pictured here:  Cristle Collins Judd, who will be inaugurated the eleventh president of Sarah Lawrence College.

Photo by Stefan Radtke