Judy G. Hample was appointed the eighth president of the University of Mary Washington on July 1, 2008. Prior to her arrival, she was chancellor of Pennsylvania’s 14-campus, 110,000-student public university system. Previously, she was chancellor of the State University System of Florida, overseeing 40,000 employees and an annual operating budget of $5.2 billion.

Dr. Hample’s higher education system experience is complemented by more than 20 years of campus experience as a faculty member and academic administrator. Her first faculty appointment was at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana as a lecturer and director of intercollegiate debate in the Department of Speech Communication. Her first administrative appointments were at Western Illinois University as a department division director and, later, assistant dean for the College of Arts and Sciences. She also served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Emporia State University in Kansas, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana State University and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Toledo in Ohio.

Dr. Hample has published scholarly articles and presented research findings in the disciplines of history and communication, focused primarily on the communication of protest and dissent and the relationship between history and rhetoric. In addition, she has been invited to make numerous presentations before state, regional and national associations and organizations on topics including leadership and management, accountability, performance budgeting, equity and diversity, strategic planning, general education, defining institutional missions and achieving excellence.

Dr. Hample earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in communication and secondary education (French) from David Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn. She holds both master’s and doctoral degrees in communication from The Ohio State University.

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