President

We are delighted to announce that the University of Vermont Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Marlene Tromp for the position of University President. She will formally assume the post later this summer.

In her six years as president of Boise State University (BSU), Dr. Tromp successfully guided the institution through the challenges of the pandemic and led efforts that significantly increased student enrollments and affordability. Under her leadership, BSU achieved record graduation rates and levels of philanthropic funding, while also expanding its research funding. She also led the formation of strategic industry partnerships, and programs to deepen the BSU’s engagement with its surrounding community. Prior to her tenure at BSU, she was campus provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California at Santa Cruz; vice provost and dean of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University; and chair and director of women’s studies and chair of the faculty at Denison University.  She has won numerous awards for her teaching, scholarship, and community service, and currently serves on the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and consults on higher education with the Federal Reserve Board of San Francisco.

A humanities scholar with a concentration in Victorian literature and culture and its relationship to current society, Dr. Tromp has published widely in her field, including nine books and dozens of peer-reviewed papers. 

Raised in Wyoming, Dr. Tromp earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Creighton University as a first-generation college student, a Master of Arts in English from the University of Wyoming, and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. 

Greg Esposito and Vijay Saraswat led this search with Robin Dougherty, Melissa DePretto Behan, and Elizabeth Arvanitis.