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Sonya Stephens is the former president of Mount Holyoke College and the author of Baudelaire's Prose Poems: The Practice and Politics of Irony as well as the editor of A History of Women's Writing in France and Translation and the Arts in Modern France.

Education

Stephens studied at New Hall, a college for women at the University of Cambridge that is now known as Murray Edwards College, where she received her B.A. in modern and medieval languages. She holds a master's degree in French studies from the Université de Montréal and a doctorate in French from the University of Cambridge.

Faculty career

She was chair of the Department of French at Royal Holloway, University of London and later chaired the Department of French and Italian and served as the first vice provost for undergraduate education at Indiana University Bloomington. She joined Mount Holyoke College in 2013 as dean of faculty and vice president for academic affairs. She became acting president in July 2016, following the resignation of Lynn Pasquerella. Stephens was officially named president on April 23, 2018. On March 2, 2022, Stephens announced she will be resigning in August 2022 to lead the American University of Paris. Beverly Daniel Tatum succeeded her as interim president, beginning in July 2022.

Selected works

• Stephens, Sonya (1999). Baudelaire's Prose Poems: The Practice and Politics of Irony. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198158776.
• Stephens, Sonya, ed. (2009). History of Women's Writing in France. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780511554025.
• Stephens, Sonya, ed. (2017). Translation and the Arts in Modern France. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253026149.

References

1. Pinkerton, Anne. "Insider's View: The President's House". Mount Holyoke Alumnae Association. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
2. ^ College, Mount Holyoke. "Biography". president.mtholyoke.edu. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
3. Christensen, Dusty (April 24, 2018). "Mount Holyoke College makes interim president Sonya Stephens its permanent leader". Daily Hampshire Gazette. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
4. ^ Feldman, Abigail (April 23, 2018). "Sonya Stephens named president of Mount Holyoke College". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
5. Johnson, Patrick (January 4, 2016). "Mount Holyoke College president Lynn Pasquerella to step down; Dean of Faculty Sonya Stephens named interim president". masslive.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
6. Chimelis, Ron (March 2, 2022). "Sonya Stephens leaving Mount Holyoke College presidency for Paris job". masslive. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
7. "Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum appointed interim president". Mount Holyoke. March 30, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.

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