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Nancy Cantor
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Nancy Cantor is the 11th chancellor and president of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. She received her A.B. in 1974 from Sarah Lawrence College and her Ph.D. in psychology in 1978 from Stanford University. She became chancellor upon the retirement of Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw. Previously, Cantor served Provost at the University of Michigan, and as chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Cantor is married to sociology professor Steven R. Brechin, who teaches at Syracuse University.
Cantor has been an advocate for racial and gender equality in colleges. She was a key player at the University of Michigan's case of affirmative action in the cases of Grutter and Gratz, which were decided by the Supreme Court in 2003.
Chancellor Cantor had a decorative wall dedicated to her in front of Crouse College, calling it a "gift to the community". [1]
In December 2006, The Boston Globe reported that Cantor was a candidate to become the next president of Harvard[2].
Nancy Cantor had also outlined the social intelligence theory of personality with her colleagues in 1987 & 2000. The Social Intelligence Theory of Personality refers to the expertise people bring to their experience of life tasks. There are three aspects t o it. 1) Choice of life goals: people differ as to which life goals or life tasks are most important to them. People’s goals may also change over time. 2) Knowledge relevant to social interactions: People differ with respect to the expertise they bring to tasks of social and personal problem solving. 3) Strategies for implementing goals: people have different characteristic problem-solving strategies.
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| Preceded by Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw |
Chancellor of Syracuse University 2004 - Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |