Maurie McInnis is the twenty-fourth president of Yale University, a role she assumed on July 1, 2024.A distinguished scholar, President McInnis has contributed significantly to her field as a cultural historian and is the author of five books, including award-winning titles. She has been published in peer-reviewed journals, anthologies, exhibition catalogs, and other publications. In addition to her academic and administrative roles, President McInnis has served on various boards and commissions, including the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ Commission on Economic and Community Engagement and the Association of American Universities. Her academic career began at Yale, where she was a graduate student. She has spent three decades in higher education, holding a range of teaching, research, and leadership positions at several preeminent universities. Most recently, President McInnis was the sixth president of Stony Brook University, an internationally recognized public research institution and a flagship university in the State of New York. Before Stony Brook, President McInnis served four years as the provost and executive vice president of University of Texas at Austin, and nearly twenty years at the University of Virginia, ultimately as the vice provost for academic affairs.