Elaine Tuttle Hansen | |
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Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth | |
Assumed office August 1, 2011 |
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7th President of Bates College | |
In office November 8, 2002 – July 8, 2011 |
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Preceded by | Donald West Harward |
Succeeded by | Clayton Spencer |
Provost of Haverford College | |
In office August 1, 1995 – March 3, 2002 |
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Personal details | |
Residence | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Alma mater |
Mount Holyoke College University of Minnesota University of Washington |
Profession | Academic administrator |
Elaine Tuttle Hansen is an American academic administrator, scholar and university professor currently serving as the Executive Director of The Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University.
After serving as the Provost of Haverford College from 1995 to 2002, Hansen was installed as the seventh and first female President of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Her nine-year tenure as the college's president saw increased financial aid resources, faculty and student diversity, and modernization. Outside of her directorship she serves on the board of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Educational Records Bureau. She is a scholar of Middle English literature, contemporary women’s writing and feminist theory.
She is a member of the Modern Language Association and served as the president of the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship. Hansen's feminist research and commentary focuses on modern feminist theory, motherhood socialization, gender roles and gender equity. She has also commented and wrote on the topics of academic administration, professorial ethics, and admission standards in the United States.
Hansen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Mount Holyoke College in 1969. She received her M.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1972 and Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1975. Hansen served as the Provost of Haverford College from 1995–2002 and was a Professor of English at Haverford from 1980-2002. During this time she also was an Assistant Professor of English at Hamilton College from 1978-1980.