Alan Shepard (academic)

Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard
11th President of the University of Western Ontario
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 July 2019
Chancellor	Linda Hasenfratz
Preceded by	Amit Chakma
4th President of the Concordia University
	In office; 1 August 2012 – 30 June 2019
Chancellor	L. Jacques Ménard; Jonathan Wener
Preceded by	Judith Woodsworth; Frederick Lowy (interim)
Succeeded by	Graham Carr
Personal details
Born	c.1962 (age 61–62); Iowa, United States
Citizenship	Canadian, American
Domestic partner	Stephen Powell
Children	2
Alma mater	St. Olaf College (BA); University of Virginia (PhD)
Occupation	University academic and administrator
Academic background
Thesis	Marlowe's anatomy of desire (1990)
Academic work
Discipline	English literature
Sub-discipline	Early Modern English literature
Institutions	Texas Christian University; University of Guelph; Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University); Concordia University; University of Western Ontario;

Alan Shepard (born c. 1962) is a Canadian academic and the current and 11th president and vice-chancellor of Western University in London, Ontario, effective July 2019. He previously served as the president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University in Montreal.

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