Andrea E. Chapdelaine has been chosen as the 11th president of Hood College in Frederick, Maryland. She will take office on July 1.
According to the latest Department of Education statistics, the college enrolls about 1,400 undergraduate students and 1,000 graduate students. Women make up 66 percent of the undergraduate student body.
Dr. Chapdelaine is provost and vice president for academic affairs at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. She has held that post since 2006. She joined the faculty at Albright College in 1998 as an assistant professor of psychology.
A native of Massachusetts, Dr. Chapdelaine earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of New Hampshire. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Connecticut.