2009 Keynote Speaker
Bruce Mallory, 2009 Keynote Speaker
The University proudly announces that Provost and Executive Vice President Bruce L. Mallory will deliver the keynote address at the 2009 Honors Convocation. After six years of providing distinguished and outstanding leadership for the academic mission of the University, Provost Mallory will leave his post at the end of the academic year and return to teaching. In recognition of his many contributions during his tenure as Provost, and to welcome him home to the ranks of the full-time faculty, a significant number of University faculty nominated Provost Mallory to deliver this important address to graduates.
Biography
Bruce Mallory was appointed Provost and Executive Vice President at the University of New Hampshire in July 2003. Previously, he was Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School at UNH (1997-2003). Dr. Mallory has been a professor of education (early childhood and special education) since 1979; he chaired the UNH Department of Education from 1987 to 1993.
Dr. Mallory received the Ph.D. in Special Education and Community Psychology from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Earlier experience includes service as a public school teacher, VISTA volunteer, director of Head Start programs, and legislative researcher. His work at UNH has concentrated on the design of programs and social policies that support young children with disabilities and their families, cross-cultural research in developed and developing countries regarding disability and child care policy, and the role of deliberative democratic practices in community change and higher education reform. Dr. Mallory is co-founder and chair of the board of directors of The Democracy Imperative, a national network of scholars and practitioners committed to strengthening democracy through higher education. He also serves on the board of the Paul J. Aicher Foundation and is a member of the executive committee of the Council of Academic Affairs of NASULGC. He is recipient of the UNH Excellence in Public Service Award (1997) and the President’s Excellence through Diversity Award (2007).