Kirschner Reflects on Time as Interim President, Challenges of Higher Education

HUNTER COLLEGE–A former college dean with a Ph.D. in English and an eye on artificial intelligence makes her mark as the interim president of Hunter College.

A Queens native with strong ties to the CUNY community, Dr. Ann Kirschner is a former dean of Macaulay Honors College, a professor at the CUNY Graduate Center and a strategic adviser for the CUNY Chancellor’s cabinet. She took office as Hunter’s interim leader after former president Jennifer Raab announced that after 22 years she would be stepping down from her duties.

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