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| Pamela S. Whitten | |
|---|---|
| Name | Pamela S. Whitten |
| Office | President of Kennesaw State University |
| Term start | 2021 |
| Predecessor | Kathy Schwaig |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University; Indiana University; University of Michigan |
Pamela S. Whitten is an academic leader, researcher, and university administrator who serves as the president of Kennesaw State University. She has held leadership roles in higher education administration, medicine, and communication, and her career spans research institutions, medical centers, and academic associations. Her scholarship and administrative work connect to institutions and figures across American higher education, health care, and interdisciplinary research.
Whitten was raised in a milieu connected to Midwestern universities and completed undergraduate studies at Michigan State University, followed by graduate training at Indiana University Bloomington and doctoral work at University of Michigan. During her education she engaged with faculty and programs associated with American Association of Universities, Association of American Universities, Big Ten Conference, National Institutes of Health, and research centers linked to Ann Arbor, Michigan and Bloomington, Indiana. Her mentors and collaborators included scholars and clinicians affiliated with Purdue University, Ohio State University, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and other prominent Midwestern institutions.
Whitten's academic appointments have included roles at land-grant and research universities and collaborations with medical centers such as University of Michigan Health System and academic health organizations like Association of American Medical Colleges. She served on faculties that interacted with administrators from University of Kentucky, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt University, and Duke University School of Medicine. Her administrative trajectory involved positions comparable to leadership at University of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, and regional comprehensive institutions connected to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. She has participated in governance and planning forums alongside representatives from American Council on Education, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, Council of Graduate Schools, and state higher education systems such as the University System of Georgia.
As president she leads Kennesaw State University, a member of the University System of Georgia and partner to regional institutions including Georgia State University, Augusta University, and Fort Valley State University. Her tenure involves strategic engagement with municipal and regional stakeholders in Cobb County, Georgia, Metro Atlanta, and statewide economic development entities such as Georgia Department of Economic Development and workforce initiatives aligned with Georgia Tech Research Institute. Her office coordinates initiatives with accreditation and regulatory bodies including the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, athletic affiliations with the NCAA Division I, and research collaborations with federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health. Her presidency has included partnerships with corporate and nonprofit entities like Delta Air Lines, The Coca-Cola Company, Home Depot, and regional foundations such as the Kresge Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to advance campus growth and public engagement.
Whitten's research focuses on health communication, telemedicine, and the intersection of technology and clinical practice, connecting to literatures and networks that include National Library of Medicine, American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and interdisciplinary journals published by presses associated with Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. Her scholarship intersects with work by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Harvard Medical School, Stanford University School of Medicine, and University of California, San Francisco. She has contributed to collaborative projects involving industry partners and federal programs such as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Veterans Affairs, and technology consortia linked to IBM and Microsoft Research. Her publications and presentations have been showcased at meetings of the American Telemedicine Association, International Communication Association, and the Society for Behavioral Medicine.
Her honors reflect recognition from academic and professional organizations including awards and fellowships from bodies like the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, American Public Health Association, and discipline-specific honors connected to communication and health. She has received institutional distinctions similar to awards granted by Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences, and honorary recognitions from civic groups in Atlanta and Cobb County, Georgia. Whitten's leadership has been acknowledged in lists and profiles by regional media outlets and higher education publications such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, and state press organizations.
Category:University presidents in the United States Category:Living people