Judith Maxwell Greig, Ph.D.
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Judith Maxwell Greig, Ph.D.
Acting President
On January 18, 2008, the Notre Dame de Namur University Board of Trustees appointed Executive Vice President and Provost Judith Maxwell Greig, Ph.D. as Acting President replacing Dr. John Oblak who resigned in December.
In a statement issued to the campus community, the Board said: “It is the judgment of the Board that Dr. Greig is both eminently well-qualified for this position and deserving of the full support of the University community. This February the Board will meet with Acting President Greig regarding important initiatives for the interim administration.”
The Board added that “preparations for the search of a permanent president will commence in the near future.”
Dr. Greig has served NDNU as an Assistant Professor, Professor, and Dean of the School of Education and Leadership, Interim Vice President of Finance and Administration and Interim Vice President of Development. As a faculty member she served on numerous governance committees and was President of the Faculty Senate for three years from 1996-1999. She holds a BA from Wheaton College, an MA from Santa Clara University, and an MA and Ph.D. from Stanford University.
Before coming to NDNU in 1988, Dr. Greig was a lecturer at San Jose State University and elementary and middle school teacher.
Her chief academic and research interests are in understanding and facilitating how teaching and learning occur and in early literacy.
Dr. Greig is married and has two great teenage sons.