Jane Close Conoley

Jane Close Conoley
7th President of California State University, Long Beach
Incumbent
Assumed office January 29, 2014
Preceded by	F. King Alexander
Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside
Interim
In office 2012–2013
Preceded by	Timothy P. White
Succeeded by	Kim A. Wilcox
Personal details
Alma mater	College of New Rochelle (B.A.) University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D)
Academic background
Thesis	The effects of interdependent learning tasks and role-play on sociometric patterns, work norm measures, and behavior in the elementary classroom (1976)
Academic work
Discipline	psychology
Institutions	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Riverside California State University, Long Beach

Jane Close Conoley is an American academic administrator who serves as the president of California State University, Long Beach.

Education

Conoley was awarded a New York State Regents full scholarship and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology, with minors in biology and philosophy, from the College of New Rochelle. She subsequently obtained a Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.

Career

Conoley was the former interim chancellor of the University of California, Riverside following the resignation of former chancellor Tim White, who became the Chancellor of the California State University System. Prior to being selected as the interim chancellor for UC Riverside, Conoley was the dean of the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara from January 2006 to December 30, 2012, a position which she publicly stated she intended to resume upon the completion of her tenure as interim chancellor of UC Riverside. On January 29, 2014, Conoley was announced as the new president of California State University, Long Beach.

Affiliations

Conoley is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. She is also a member of the American Educational Research Association and the Society for the Study of School Psychology, as of 2004.

External links

• UCR Chancellor Jane Close Conoley Entrance Interview
• School Psychology Misdirected / Jane Close Conoley (2008)