Nancy H. Hensel
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Dr. Nancy H. Hensel |
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| Born | 1943 (age 73–74) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.A. theatre, San Francisco State University M.A. theatre, M.S. early childhood education, San Francisco State University PhD, early childhood education, University of Georgia |
| Occupation | President, University of Maine at Presque Isle |
| Predecessor | W. Michael Easton |
| Successor | William A. Shields |
| Awards | Maine Women's Hall of Fame (2003) |
Nancy H. Hensel (born 1943) is an American academic and university administrator. She held faculty positions at the University of Toledo and University of Redlands before joining the University of Maine system in 1992. She served as Dean of the College of Education and Provost of the Farmington campus from 1995 to 1999, and President of the Presque Isle campus from 1999 to 2004. Afterwards she was CEO of the Council on Undergraduate Research in Washington, D.C., for seven years, and then became the first president of The New American Colleges and Universities in 2011. She has authored numerous books, articles, and monographs. Her research interests include early childhood education, gender equality, and work–family conflict. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2003.
Hensel earned her bachelor's degree in theatre from San Francisco State University and went on to attain master's degrees in both theatre and early childhood education from the same institution. She earned her doctorate in early childhood education from the University of Georgia.
Hensel worked as a lecturer and director of the Division of Elementary Education at the University of Georgia. From 1972 to 1977 she was assistant professor of early childhood education at the University of Toledo. She next moved to the University of Redlands in Redlands, California, where she became Department Chair and Professor of Education. She was a coordinator of early childhood education in 1979, and in 1987 directed the Elementary Experimental Summer School, in which primary school students were given access to the university's computer facilities, library, and swimming pool.
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