Safa Zaki
| Safa Zaki | |
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| 16th President of Bowdoin College | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2023 |
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| Preceded by | Clayton Rose |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 3, 1968 Cairo, Egypt |
| Spouse(s) | Huff Templeton |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | American University in Cairo (BA) Arizona State University (MA, PhD) |
Safa Zaki is a psychologist, cognitive scientist, and academic administrator serving as the 16th president of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. She is the first woman to lead Bowdoin since its founding in 1794.[1] Prior to her work at Bowdoin, Zaki served as dean of faculty at Williams College.[2]
Early life and education
Zaki was born in 1968 in Cairo, Egypt and raised in Tanzania, Syria, Jordan, and Trinidad and Tobago. Zaki graduated from the American University in Cairo with a BA in psychology. She continued her education in the United States at Arizona State University, earning her master's degree and PhD in psychology.[1]
Career
Prior to her appointment at Bowdoin, Zaki served on the faculty of Williams College for 22 years. She joined the Williams faculty in 2002 as an assistant professor of psychology. She was appointed the dean of faculty at Williams in 2020.[3]
Zaki was elected President of Bowdoin College on March 9, 2023 and began her term on July 1, 2023.[4] She was officially inaugurated on Saturday, October 14, 2023.[5]
In 2024, then again more notably in 2025, Zaki came under fire for allowing the trespass, vandalism and occupation of a Bowdoin campus building and its knock-on disruptions for four days before acting to end it. Her office denied the delay was rooted in her sympathy for the offenders due to her Arab Egyptian origins.
Personal life
In 1995, Zaki married Huff Templeton, a fellow graduate student at Arizona State.[6]
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| Preceded by | President of Bowdoin College 2023– |
Succeeded by N/A |
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