SEATTLE (AP) — The new chancellor of the University of Washington Tacoma campus is a vice president at Arizona State University and UW alum.
UW President Phyllis Wise announced Tuesday the selection of Debra Friedman as chancellor of UW Tacoma effective July 1. The appointment has to be approved by the university’s Board of Regents.
Friedman has been the dean of ASU’s College of Public Programs and professor of public affairs since 2005. Since 2008, she also has served as university vice president, responsible for the university’s Downtown Phoenix campus.
She earned her master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington in sociology and worked at UW from 1994 to 2005.
