William F. Tate IV
William Tate | |
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 Tate in 2023 | |
| 28th President of the Louisiana State University | |
| Assumed office May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Galligan (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Northern Illinois University (BS) University of Texas, Dallas (MA) University of Maryland, College Park (PhD) Washington University (MS) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Education sciences Epidemiology Sociology |
| Institutions | Washington University Texas Christian University University of Wisconsin, Madison University of South Carolina |
| Thesis | An Evaluation of the Function Knowledge of a Selected Group of Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin Johnson |
William F. Tate IV is an American social scientist and higher education administrator. In May 2021, he was selected as president of the Louisiana State University system, and chancellor of the flagship school in Baton Rouge. He is the first Black person to hold the position(s), and the first to head any school in the Southeastern Conference.[1]
Career
[edit]At the time of his acceptance of the LSU position, he was serving as Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs at the University of South Carolina, where he is also USC Education Foundation Distinguished Professor with appointments in Sociology, Family and Preventive Medicine, and Epidemiology & Biostatistics.
He previously served as dean and vice provost for graduate education and held the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professorship in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. He also held the William L. and Betty F. Adams Chair at Texas Christian University and served on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He is a fellow and past president of the American Educational Research Association, and was elected a member of the National Academy of Education in 2016.[2][3]
Tate co-authored numerous mathematics textbooks including Silver Burdett Ginn Mathematics, Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Mathematics, Scott Foresman Science, and Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley enVisionMATH, and enVisionMATH Common Core.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Tate was raised Catholic and is married to Kim Cash Tate, a popular Protestant YouTuber, singer, speaker, and writer.[5][6] In 2015, Tate described his faith during a Veritas Forum event.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Ballard, Mark (May 6, 2021). "LSU picks next president; William F. Tate IV will be first Black man to lead university system". The Advocate. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ "William F. Tate IV". University of South Carolina. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ "William F. Tate IV". National Academy of Education. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ "William F. Tate IV" (PDF).
- ^ Totten, Samuel; Pedersen, Jon E. (2014). Educating about social issues in the 20th and 21st centuries : critical pedagogues and their pedagogical theories. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. p. 323. ISBN 978-1-62396-630-0. OCLC 881455992.
Tate's background as a Black Catholic and the support of his family have been instrumental to his success and his drive to enhance life's opportunities for students of color.
- ^ Morris, George (May 28, 2021). "Meet Kim Cash Tate: New LSU president's wife is a Christian author, speaker, vocalist". The Advocate. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ Tate, William (November 20, 2015). "Does God Matter? Interfaith dialogue on race". The Veritas Forum. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
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