Sonya Stephens

American academic administrator

Sonya Stephens is the current president of the American University of Paris and former president of Mount Holyoke College. She is the author of Baudelaire's Prose Poems: The Practice and Politics of Irony as well as the editor of A History of Women's Writing in France and Translation and the Arts in Modern France.2

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedMurray Edwards College3
  • Date not recordedUniversité de Montréal3

Stephens studied at New Hall, a college for women at the University of Cambridge that is now known as Murray Edwards College, where she received her B.A. in modern and medieval languages. She holds a master's degree in French studies from the Université de Montréal and a doctorate in French from the University of Cambridge.

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Career

Occupation: linguist.7

  • Date not recordedWorked at Indiana University Bloomington4
  • Date not recordedWorked at Royal Holloway, University of London4
  • Date not recordedChair, Mount Holyoke College5
  • Date not recordedChair, American University of Paris6

She was chair of the Department of French at Royal Holloway, University of London and later chaired the Department of French and Italian and served as the first vice provost for undergraduate education at Indiana University Bloomington. She joined Mount Holyoke College in 2013 as dean of faculty and vice president for academic affairs. She became acting president in July 2016, following the resignation of Lynn Pasquerella. Stephens was officially named president on April 23, 2018. On March 2, 2022, Stephens announced she will be resigning in August 2022 to lead the American University of Paris. Beverly Daniel Tatum succeeded her as interim president, beginning in July 2022.

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