Dr Lisa Anderson
Lisa
Anderson most recently served as President of the American University in Cairo
for five years. Prior to her appointment as President, she was the University’s
Provost. Dr Anderson is Dean Emerita of the School of International and Public
Affairs at Columbia University, where she led from 1997-2007. She held the
James T. Shotwell Chair in International Relations in the Political Science
Department. Before Columbia, she taught at Harvard University in the Government
and Social Studies departments. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Columbia University, where she earned
her PhD in Political Science, Dr Anderson received honorary doctorates from
Monmouth University in 2002 and the American University of Paris in 2015. Dr
Anderson joined the AKU Board in 2016.