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KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little

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Kansas City, KS – In May, the University of Kansas Board of Regents named KU's 17th Chancellor, replacing Robert Hemenway, who had served in that role for 14 years. It turned out to be a history-making choice.

Dr. Bernadette Gray-Little is the first African American and the first woman to serve as Chancellor of the university. Gray-Little grew up in eastern North Carolina, and received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from St. Louis University. She later got into university administration, and served as Provost of the University of North Carolina.

KCUR's Susan B. Wilson recently caught up with Chancellor Gray-Little on a visit KU Medical Center.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Susan admits that her “first love” was radio, being an avid listener since childhood. However, she spent much of her career in mental health, healthcare administration, and sports psychology (Susan holds a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Bloch School of Business at UMKC.) In the meantime, Wilson satisfied her journalistic cravings by doing public speaking, providing “expert” interviews for local television, and being a guest commentator/contributor to KPRS’s morning drive time show and the teen talk show “Generation Rap.”
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