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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 is the 11th chancellor of UC Berkeley since 2017. She is a scholar of Victorian literature, a former president of Smith College, and a champion of public higher education, diversity, and free speech.
A welcome from Chancellor Carol T. Christ. UC Berkeley is a place of immense intellectual vitality, where some of today’s brightest students and scholars work together to deepen understanding of the world we live in.
Carol T. Christ is the current chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, and a distinguished scholar of Victorian literature and feminist theory. She has served as a professor, dean, provost, and president of Smith College, and has received many honors and awards, including fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
May 28, 2024 · Carol Christ's seven years as UC Berkeley chancellor coincided with a period of historic social and political turbulence. But she is widely respected for navigating these storms effectively, with a strong concern for the campus community.
Emeritus; Eleventh Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley. Specialties: 19th-Century British
Dec 17, 2023 · Molly Fischer interviews Carol Christ, the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, on student demonstrations around the Israel-Hamas war and freedom of speech on campus.
