Misplaced Pages

Adrian Tinsley is an American academic. She was President of Bridgewater State College from 1989 until 2002 and was their first female President.

Tinsley was born in New York.

Education

Tinsley was an honors graduate of Bryn Mawr College (1958, psychology) and earned a master’s degree from the University of Washington (1962) and a Ph.D. from Cornell University (1969), both English literature.

Career

Tinsley began her teaching career at Cornell before going on to the University of Maryland where she developed the first women’s studies program.

At the Grand Valley State Colleges in Michigan, she was the founding dean and a faculty member at William James College.

When she became President at Bridgewater State, Tinsley began reorganizing the College so there would be individual schools with their own deans. The 1990-1991 academic year was the first for the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education and Allied Studies followed by the School of Managements and Aviation Science.

References

1. ^ "Dr. Adrian Tinsley". UMass Dartmouth. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
2. ^ "Adrian Tinsley". Bridgewater State Principals and Presidents. Bridgewater State University. January 1989. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
3. Flint, Anthony (15 April 1990). "New Bridgewater college head working to erase scandal". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

This biography of an American academic administrator born in the 20th century is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
• Bryn Mawr College alumni
• University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
• Cornell University alumni
• Bridgewater State University faculty
• Cornell University faculty
• University of Maryland, College Park faculty
• American academics of women's studies
• Grand Valley State University faculty
• American academic administrator, 20th-century birth stubs