KU selects Bernadette Gray-Little as 17th chancellor / LJWorld.com

Since Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway announced Dec. 8, 2008, that he would retire from KU June 30, 2009, the university has been interviewing candidates to fill his position. That search ended Friday afternoon, when the Kansas Board of Regents hired Bernadette Gray-Little as the 17th chancellor of Kansas University.

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Regents release details on new KU chancellor’s salary: Gray-Little will receive about 25 percent more than Hemenway; Staff Report; 03:12 p.m., June 8, 2009 Updated 09:53 p.m.; Kansas University’s new chancellor will receive about 25 percent more than outgoing Chancellor Robert Hemenway, the Kansas Board of Regents disclosed Monday afternoon.

Biographical Information

Full name: Bernadette Gray-Little
Born: Washington, N.C.
Age: 64, as of May 29, 2009
Family: Husband: Shade Little; two children, one grandchild.
Education: Marywood College, Scranton, Pa.: Bachelor's in Psychology; St. Louis University: Master's in psychology and doctorate in clinical pyschology.
Research interests: Cross-cultural psychology, relation of social and cultural factors to personality, psychopathology.
Salary as Chancellor: $425,000 per year and $25,000 per year in deferred compensation. Of the $425,000, $267,177 is state funds and $157,823 is from private sources.
Academic Experience:

1971-1982: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill as a psychology professor.
1982-1993: Director, Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology;
1993 to 1998: Chair of the Department of Psychology. 1999-2001: Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education for the College of Arts and Sciences.
2001-2004: Executive Associate Provost.
April 29, 2004-June 30, 2006: Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
July 1, 2007-Aug. 15, 2009: Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Aug. 15, 2009: Became Chancellor at Kansas University

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KU selects Bernadette Gray-Little as chancellor

New chancellor could mark start of resurgence for KU — Hopefully, Friday’s announcement by the Kansas Board of Regents that Bernadette Gray-Little, provost at the University of North Carolina, will become Kansas University’s 17th chancellor could mark a resurgence of the school’s goal of becoming one of the nation’s truly outstanding state-aided universities.
KU and area leaders ready to welcome new chancellor — Legislators, campus leaders, research advocates and health administrators are looking forward to meeting with Bernadette Gray-Little once she takes over as Kansas University chancellor.
UNC officials praise KU pick — Retired University of North Carolina Chancellor James Moeser always will be indebted to Bernadette Gray-Little. After all, she gave him back at least nine months of his life.
Bernadette Gray-Little biography — Biography of Bernadette Gray-Little, from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Bernadette Gray-Little Distinguished Service Medal Citation — When the University was recruiting James Moeser, he was struck by a psychology professor on the search committee, a "very intelligent, perceptive woman," he recalled, who asked him keen, penetrating questions. One of the first faculty members he met at Carolina, Bernadette Gray-Little gave him a powerful first impression of faculty culture.
"Diversity in Research Universities," a keynote address by Gray-Little (PDF) — "Diversity in Research Universities," an essay presented at 153rd ARL Membership Meeting in Arlington, Virginia.