Heather Knight (educator)

Heather Joy Knight
21st President of Pacific Union College
Assumed office
September 15, 2009
Preceded byRichard Osborn
1st Provost of Andrews University
In office
2006–2009
Succeeded byAndrea Luxton
Personal details
BornJamaica
SpouseNorman Knight
ResidenceAngwin, California
Alma materOakwood University
Loma Linda University
Stanford University
Harvard University
ProfessionProfessor
College administrator

Heather Joy Knight is an American educator and former President of Pacific Union College.[1] She is the first woman to serve in that role and the only African-American woman to lead a college affiliated with the Adventist Church in the North America. Born in Jamaica, her family moved to the United States when she was nine. After completing her undergraduate degree at Oakwood College, she did her graduate work at Loma Linda University. She received her doctorate at Stanford University and pursued postdoctoral research at Harvard University.

She began her career on the faculty of the University of the Pacific, becoming an award-winning associate provost until she was asked to take over as provost at Andrews University. In 2009, she became the 21st President of Pacific Union College.

  1. ^ "Office of the President: President's Bio". College website. Pacific Union College. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.

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