Susan Poser (born September 7, 1963) is the current and first female president of
Hofstra University, having succeeded retiring president
Stuart Rabinowitz on August 1, 2021.[3] Before being named to the Hofstra post, she was chief operating officer, provost, and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the
University of Illinois at Chicago.[4]
Poser attended
Columbia Prep until 8th grade, when she went to high school at
Fieldston.[14] She also spent her early summers attending the
Interlochen National Music Camp, where she would eventually also work.[15]
Poser began to work at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1994, as a visiting professor of law.[17] She officially became a part of the faculty in 1999. In 2003, Poser was appointed by the
Nebraska State Bar Association to review policies in the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which resulted in her publication of Multijurisdictional Practice for a Multijurisdictional Profession.[20][21] In 2004, Poser was awarded the College of Law's distinguished teaching award.[22] In 2005, she would receive the State Bar's Shining Light Award for her work, as well as becoming the director of the
Robert J. Kutak Center for the Teaching & Study of Applied Ethics.[23][24] Poser was appointed as the associate to chancellor
Harvey Perlman in 2007 and served until 2010. She became a full professor of law in 2008. Poser was then appointed
University of Nebraska College of Law's dean in 2010. The semester before, Perlman wanted to appoint her as a provost, but the proposal was rejected.[25] During her tenure, the law school moved up 33 places in the
U.S. News & World Report rankings.[26]
University of Illinois at Chicago
In 2016, Poser was appointed provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of Illinois-Chicago. During that time, many initiatives were initiated, most notably the acquisition of
John Marshall Law School making it the first public law school in Chicago.[27] Poser oversaw the highest student enrollment ever at the university as it set records for six years in a row, culminating with a 33,598 student enrollment in 2020.[28] However, her tenure also saw a strike from graduate assistants and teaching assistants in regards to pay. This strike would last about three weeks and cancel over 550 classes.[29][30]
Hofstra University
Poser was named Hofstra University's ninth president on December 9, 2020, and assumed the post on August 1, 2021, becoming the first woman to be president of Hofstra. In an interview with the Valley Stream Herald, Dr. Poser outlined her priorities as the next president, which include a commitment to the liberal arts, meeting as many people and perspectives as possible, promoting a "culture of inclusion" and possibly still including virtual learning after the
COVID-19 pandemic at the university.[31]
Personal life
Poser is Jewish on both her mother and father's side.[32] She is married to professor and researcher Stephen DiMagno.[33]
Bibliography
Poser, Susan and Varon, Elizabeth R., "United States v. Steinmetz: The Legal Legacy of the Civil War, Revisited" (1995). College of Law, Faculty Publications. 42.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/lawfacpub/42
Poser, Susan, "The Ethics of Implementation: Institutional Remedies and the Lawyer's Role" (1996). College of Law, Faculty Publications. 43.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/lawfacpub/43
Poser, Susan; Bornstein, Brian H.; and McGorty, Erinn Kiernan, "Measuring Damages for Lost Enjoyment of Life: The View from the Bench and the Jury Box" (2003). Faculty Publications, Department of Psychology. 147.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychfacpub/147
Poser, S. (2004). What's a Judge to Do? Remedying the Remedy in Institutional Reform Litigation. Michigan Law Review, 102(6), 1307–1327. doi:10.2307/4141947
Poser, Susan, Unlabeled Drug Samples and the Learned Intermediary: The Case for Liability Without Preemption (December 1, 2007). Food and Drug Law Journal, Vol. 62, p. 653, 2007, Available at SSRN:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=978802
Bornstein, Brian H. and Poser, Susan (2007) "Perceptions of Procedural and Distributive Justice in the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund," Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy: Vol. 17: Iss. 1, Article 2. Available at:
http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cjlpp/vol17/iss1/2
Poser S. (2008) Damages as Metaphor: A Commentary. In: Bornstein B.H., Wiener R.L., Schopp R.F., Willborn S.L. (eds) Civil Juries and Civil Justice. Springer, New York, NY.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74490-2_7
Riedesel, Charles & Manley, Eric & Poser, Susan & Deogun, Jitender. (2009). A model academic ethics and integrity policy for computer science departments. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin. 41. 357–361.
https://doi.org/10.1145/1539024.1508994.
Case Commentary: Conflict of Interest in Hiring. Michael Pritchard, et al., The Ethical Challenges of Academic Administration (Springer 2010).
Poser, S., & Rische, J. (2015). Satellite telecommunications and American tort law. Dispute Settlement in the Area of Space Communication, 161–174.
https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845258584-161
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