Carol T. Christ

Carol Tecla Christ (born 1944) is an American academic administrator. In March 2017, she was named the 11th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, the first woman to hold that position. She succeeded outgoing Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks on July 1, 2017.

Carol Christ
Christ in 2015
11th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley
Assumed office
July 1, 2017
Preceded byNicholas Dirks
10th President of Smith College
In office
2002–2013
Preceded byRuth Simmons
Succeeded byKathleen McCartney
Personal details
Born
Carol Tecla Christ

1944 (age 7980)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationRutgers University, New Brunswick (BA)
Yale University (MPhil, PhD)
Academic background
ThesisThe Aesthetic of Particularity in the Poetry of Rossetti, Browning, and Hopkins (1970)
Academic work
DisciplineEnglish literature
Sub-disciplineVictorian literature
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Smith College
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