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American academic administrator and engineering professor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg (born 1961) is an academic administrator and engineering professor who is the eleventh president of the University of Tampa.
Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg | |
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11th President of the University of Tampa | |
Assumed office June 1, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Ronald L. Vaughn |
Personal details | |
Born | Teresa Abi-Nader 1961 (age 62–63) |
Education | University of Pittsburgh North Carolina State University |
Dahlberg was born in 1961 and raised near Uniontown, Pennsylvania in a Lebanese American family of six children.[1][2] She earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from University of Pittsburgh.[3]
From 1984 to 1994, Dahlberg was an engineer with IBM,[4][3] where she received the Outstanding Technical Achievement Award (1989). While working at IBM, she completed a master's degree and Ph.D. in computer engineering from North Carolina State University (1993).[3][5] Her doctoral dissertation was titled Dependability Evaluation of Large Systems with Dependent Failures Using a Hierarchical Network Model.[2]
Dahlberg began her academic career as a visiting assistant professor in computer science at Winthrop University (1994-1995). From 1995 to 2013, she was the associate dean of the college of computing and informatics at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[4][3] She was a principal investigator who researched computer education, computing, and wireless networking.[6] At UNC Charlotte, she founded the Diversity in Information Technology Institute, an action research center that strengthened the STEM pipeline from K-12 to the professoriate. She co-founded and directed the STARS Computing Corps, a National Science Foundation Alliance for Broadening Participation in Computing, and engaged over 50 colleges and universities in student-led regional engagement from 2006 through 2013. She was recognized as a Woman of Distinction for STEM Education (2012) by the Girl Scouts Hornets’ Nest Council, as a Diversity in Business Catalyst (2006) and as Woman of the Year at Charlotte (2005).[7][8]
She worked as the chief academic officer and dean of the Albert Nerken School of Engineering at Cooper Union in New York from 2013 to 2015.[4][9] Her time at Cooper Union, during its financial crisis and tuition protests, ended with her resignation shortly after a series of controversial allegations (including plagiarism of academic program proposals and bypassing faculty governance structures) were made by a group of alumni and students[10][11] as well as the state attorney general.[12] [13]
From 2015 to 2019, Dahlberg worked as the dean of the college of engineering and computer science at Syracuse University.[3][4] She was also a professor of electrical engineering and computer science while at Syracuse.[14] On March 1, 2019, Dahlberg became the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs of Texas Christian University.[15]
In December 2023, she was named as the incoming eleventh president of University of Tampa.[4] She succeeded Ronald L. Vaughn on June 1, 2024.[4]
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