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American data scientist and academic administrator
Marie Lynn Miranda
(born 1962/1963) is an American economist,
data scientist
, and academic administrator serving as the tenth chancellor of the
University of Illinois Chicago
and a vice president of the
University of Illinois System
since 2023. She was previously the provost and a professor of applied
computational mathematics
and statistics at the
University of Notre Dame
. A self-taught
toxicologist
and
environmental scientist
, Miranda researches
children's environmental health
and geospatial
health informatics
.
Life and career
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Miranda was born in 1962 or 1963.
[1]
She is the first member of her family to be born in the United States.
[2]
In 1961, her parents and three brothers moved to
South Bend, Indiana
from
Goa
while her father Constancio Miranda was studying civil engineering.
[2]
He was later a professor at the
University of Detroit Mercy
.
[3]
She attended Catholic schools in
Detroit
.
[2]
Miranda earned a A.B. in mathematics and economics,
summa cum laude
, from
Duke University
in 1985.
[4]
[3]
She was inducted into
Phi Beta Kappa
.
[4]
While attending Duke University, she worked as a student manager of the
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
under coach
Mike Krzyzewski
.
[2]
Miranda earned a M.A. (1988) and Ph.D. in economics from
Harvard University
.
[4]
[3]
Her 1990 dissertation was titled,
Essays on Land Management
.
[5]
Peter Timmer
,
Lawrence Goulder
, and
Jerry Green
served on her doctoral committee.
[5]
Miranda joined the faculty at Duke University in 1990.
[3]
[4]
She is a self-taught
toxicologist
and environmental scientist and joined Duke's integrated toxicology and environmental health program in 1999.
[3]
[6]
Miranda was the founding director of the Children's Environmental Health Initiative.
[3]
For nine years, she was the director of undergraduate programs for the
Nicholas School of the Environment
.
[4]
She is researches geospatial health informatics.
[7]
From 2012 to 2015, Miranda was Samuel A. Graham dean of the school of natural resources and environment at
University of Michigan
.
[8]
[4]
With a
quantitative methods
background, she was a professor of pediatrics and
obstetrics and gynaecology
at the
Michigan Medicine
.
[9]
[7]
Miranda was the Howard R. Hughes Provost and professor of statistics at
Rice University
from 2015 to 2019.
[3]
[6]
In 2019, she was elected a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
.
[4]
[10]
From July 1, 2020, to 2023, Miranda was the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of the
University of Notre Dame
and a professor of applied
computational mathematics
and statistics.
[11]
[12]
She succeeded Thomas G. Burish to become was the first woman and
person of color
to serve in the position.
[2]
[12]
In July 2023, Miranda became the tenth chancellor of the
University of Illinois Chicago
.
[4]
She is also a vice president of the
University of Illinois System
.
[1]
Miranda is married to Christopher Geron.
[13]
They have three children.
[13]
See also
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References
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Mabry, Laura (November 11, 2022).
"Marie Lynn Miranda named chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago"
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news.uillinois.edu
. Retrieved
2024-01-28
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Fosmoe, Margaret (2021-04-05).
"A Wild Ride"
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Notre Dame Magazine
. Retrieved
2024-01-28
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Sturdivant, Christina (2015-09-07).
"Miranda Specializes in Environmental Advocacy, Safety"
.
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
. Retrieved
2024-01-28
.
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"Biography"
.
University of Illinois Chicago
. Retrieved
2024-01-28
.
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Miranda, Marie Lynn (1990).
Essays on Land Management
(Ph.D. thesis). Harvard University.
OCLC
26069580
.
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Petersen, Laura (January 29, 2020).
"AAAS Fellow Marie Lynn Miranda Maps What Matters for Children's Environmental Health"
.
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"Marie Lynn Miranda named provost of Rice University (via Passle)"
.
Passle
. Retrieved
2024-01-28
.
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"Marie Lynn Miranda Will Be the Next Provost at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana"
.
Women In Academia Report
. 2020-04-15
. Retrieved
2024-01-28
.
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Miranda, Marie Lynn (2018).
"Rice University's Curiosity-Driven Provost"
(PDF)
.
Association for Women in Science Fall Magazine
. Retrieved
2024-01-27
.
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"AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2019 Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science"
. 2022-03-21. Archived from
the original
on 2022-03-21
. Retrieved
2024-01-28
.
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Elbow, Marion (2022-05-05).
"Chancellor finalist Marie Lynn Miranda focuses on mental health, promoting equity in Q&A"
.
The Badger Herald
. Retrieved
2024-01-28
.
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Crnkovich, Zef (2021-11-18).
"Provost Marie Lynn Miranda Reflects on University, Catholic Education"
.
Irish Rover
. Retrieved
2024-01-28
.
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"University of Illinois System welcomes new UIC chancellor and vice president of U of I System"
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massmail.illinois.edu
. Retrieved
2024-01-28
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