Dawn Dekle

Dawn Dekle
President of Orkhon University
Assumed office
July 2015
Preceded by Khajidsuren Nyamaa
Personal details
Residence Kyoto, Japan

Dawn Dekle is an American international educator currently serving as president of Orkhon University in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[1]

Education

Dawn Dekle completed her undergraduate studies at Texas A&M University, going on to earn a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Dartmouth College, and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.[2][3][4]

Work History

After earning her doctorate from Dartmouth, Dekle continued to serve as a visiting faculty member before accepting the position of assistant professor at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She has also served as an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore. When Singapore launched a new institution, Singapore Management University, Dekle became one of 12 pioneer professors to join the new university. She then became dean of the S P Jain School of Global Management and was instrumental in helping strengthen the curriculum, start an undergraduate program, and increase international recruiting for the school. In 2011 she was named provost of the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, where she worked to expand program offerings and to increase recruitment and scholarship opportunities for female students. In 2013 she was named president of the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, where she was the first female president of an Iraqi university. A lawyer by training, Dekle worked in both Afghanistan and Iraq to help bring Western-style law programs into the university curricula. She also led efforts at both institutions to obtain US accreditation. She was named president of Orkhon University in July 2015. In addition to her work in higher education, she has also worked McKinsey & Company, and was a council member for the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. [5][2][6]

Notes

  1. http://www.orkhon.edu.mn/index.php?pid=3&news_id=243
  2. 1 2 "First Woman President of an Iraqi University, Dr. Dawn Dekle, Appointed to Serve at the American University of Iraq". May 28, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  3. "Give a Rouse". October 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  4. "Dawn Dekle Biography". Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  5. "Dekle First Female President at an Iraqi University". October 2, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  6. "Dekle First Female President At An Iraqi University". October 2, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
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