Spencer will provide strategic leadership for student affairs departments and the Residential Commons system and participate in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
The educational studies and psychology double major from Brockton, Mass., has researched under-resourced schools in the United States, forced displacement in post-apartheid South Africa, and more.
Courtney L. Young, head librarian and professor of women’s studies at Penn State University–Allegheny, has been named university librarian at Colgate and will take up her duties on July 1.