Janet Dudley-Eshbach

Infobox President
name = Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach


office = President of Salisbury University
term_start = June 15, 2000
term_end = Present
vicepresident = Dr. Tom Jones
Dr. Ellen Neufeldt
Mr. Greig Mitchell
Dr. Rosemary Thomas

Janet Dudley-Eshbach, Ph.D. became president of Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland in June 2000. She is the eighth president and the first woman to hold that office in the seventy-five year history of the university. In 2005, she was named one of "Maryland's Top 100 Women in 2005" by the Maryland "Daily Record". cite web | title=Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach | work=Office of The President, Salisbury University | url=http://www.salisbury.edu/prez/bio.html | accessdate=2006-05-01]

Education

Dudley-Eshbach has an undergraduate degree in Spanish and Latin American studies from Indiana University, where she was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar, and holds a doctorate in Hispanic literature from El Colegio de México.

Professional career

Before joining Salisbury, Dudley-Eshbach served three years as President of Fairmont State College in West Virginia, where she was also the first woman to hold the office of President at any public four-year college in the state's history. She spent eight years at the State University of New York at Potsdam, serving the roles of Professor of Spanish and Latin American studies, Chair of the Department of Modern Languages, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, before being appointed Provost in 1993. She also spent time at Goucher College and Allegheny College in various roles.

Honors & Awards

* Outstanding Women in History Award, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Fairmont State College, 1997
* Women of Distinction Award, [http://www.soroptimist.org Soroptimist International of the Americas] , 1997 cite web | title=Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach | work=Maryland Manual Online | url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/25univ/sal/html/msa14084.html | accessdate=2006-03-13]
* "Young Leader of the Academy" (Fairmont State College), "Change" magazine, 1998
* Elizabeth Dole Shattered Glass Award, American Red Cross, 1999
* Recognition Award, Wicomico County Commission for Women, 2002
* Maryland's Top 100 Women, the "Daily Record", 2005

Professional Memberships

* American Association of State Colleges and Universities
* National Association of Women in Higher Education,
* American Council on Education's Commission on Women
* Eastern Shore Association of Colleges

Personal life

Dr. Dudley-Eshbach enjoys reading, playing the guitar, travel, biking, and beachcombing. A native of Baltimore, she is married to Joseph Eshbach and has two children, Joe and Caroline.

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