| Kathleen E. Harring | |||||||||||
| Office: | 13th President of Muhlenberg College | ||||||||||
| Term Start: | June 19, 2019 Interim: June 19, 2019 – June 26, 2020 | ||||||||||
| Spouse: | John Wittenbaker | ||||||||||
| Children: | 1 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor: | John I. Williams Jr. | ||||||||||
| Education: | Franklin & Marshall College (BA) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MA, PhD)
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Kathleen E. Harring is an American educator and the 13th president of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Harring graduated high school in 1976 from Tri-Valley High School in Hegins, Pennsylvania.[1] Harring received her bachelor's in psychology from Franklin & Marshall College, and then earned her master's and Ph.D. in social psychology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2]
Harring began her academic career at Muhlenberg College as an assistant professor in the psychology department in 1984. She was appointed provost of Muhlenberg College by then-president John I. Williams in 2017.[3] She was appointed interim president on June 19, 2019, following the departure of President John I. Williams, Jr., and officially named president on June 26, 2020.[4] Harring was inaugurated November 12, 2021 after more than a year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] She is the first female president of Muhlenberg College.[6]
In 1991 Harring received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Awards for distinguished teaching.[7]