Barbara R. Hatton

Barbara Rose Hatton is an American academic administrator who served as the president of South Carolina State University from 1993 to 1995 and of Knoxville College from 1997 to 2005.

Life
Hatton was raised in Atlanta. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and mathematics from Howard University. She worked as a secondary school mathematics teacher at Booker T. Washington High School. She completed a master's degree in education from Atlanta University. She joined the University of the District of Columbia as a teacher and she held administrative positions. She earned a Ph.D. in education and an M.E.A. in business and education from Stanford University School of Education. Her 1976 dissertation was titled, Schools and Black Communities: A Problem Formulation.

Hatton joined Stanford University as an assistant professor of education administration and policy studies. She also served as an instructor and the associate director of its urban and rural school development institute. She worked at Tuskegee University as the first female dean. She was a program officer and the deputy director of the Ford Foundation's education and culture program in New York City. She left the Ford Foundation in September 1992. On January 1, 1993, she became the seventh president and the first female president of South Carolina State University. She succeeded interim president Carl Carpenter. She was terminated in June 1995. In 1997, she was recruited as the president of Knoxville College. She served in the role until August 8, 2005. Hatton was fired by trustee action and succeeded by acting president Robert H. Harvey.