Professor Deborah Prentice, Vice-Chancellor
Professor Deborah Prentice grew to become the College of Cambridge’s 347th Vice-Chancellor on 1 July 2023.
An eminent psychologist, Professor Prentice carried out her tutorial and administrative profession at Princeton College, which she first joined in 1988. At Princeton, she served for twelve years as Head of the Division of Psychology, three years as Dean of the School, and 6 years as Provost, with main accountability for all tutorial, budgetary, and long-term planning points. She was additionally the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs and taught in each the psychology division and the coverage college. Her tutorial experience is within the examine of social norms and particularly how norms perform as inhibitors and facilitators of behaviour change. She continues to lecture on this matter in Cambridge and elsewhere.
As Vice-Chancellor, Professor Prentice serves on the boards of Cambridge College Well being Companions, Cambridge Forward, and the Russell Group, amongst others. She chairs the College Council, and represents the College on a number of worldwide our bodies, together with the League of European Analysis Universities and the Worldwide Alliance of Analysis Universities.
Professor Prentice did her first diploma in Human Biology and Music at Stanford College and her PhD in Psychology at Yale College.
The College Council nominated Professor Prentice for appointment as Vice-Chancellor in September 2022, and her appointment was subsequently authorised by the Regent Home.
Concerning the Vice-Chancellorship
The Vice-Chancellor is the principal tutorial and administrative officer of the College. They chair the Council of the College, the Basic Board of the Colleges and the Finance Committee of the Council. The principle duties of the Vice-Chancellor are to:
- present management, tutorial and administrative to the entire College
- symbolize the College externally, each inside the UK and abroad
- safe a monetary base enough to permit the supply of the College’s mission, goals and aims
- perform sure necessary ceremonial and civic duties
