Biography of Dottie King, Interim President

dking_president_large.jpgWith 25 years of experience in higher education, Dottie King, Ph.D. recently served Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College as vice president for academic affairs. She began her service at The Woods as assistant professor of mathematics. Through a series of promotions, King served as associate professor of mathematics, chair of the Sciences and Mathematics Department, assistant dean for undergraduate and international programs, interim vice president for academic affairs and vice president for academic affairs.

King has held many leadership positions at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College including program analysis co-chair, honors program task force, transfer policy task force and assessment coordinator. She was a recipient of the college’s highest teaching honor, the Sister Mary Joseph Pomeroy Award for Faculty Excellence for teaching and another for service.

King is responsible for promoting excellence in teaching and scholarship, providing leadership for academic departments and interdisciplinary programs in curricular, personnel, and budgetary matters and advancing the mission of the College.

From 1985 to 2002, King served as an instructor of mathematics at Indiana State University. She was also an adjunct instructor of mathematics for Indiana Wesleyan University from 1997 to 2002.

King holds bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from Indiana State University and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction/educational leadership, also from Indiana State University. She has delivered numerous professional presentations and published research on factors that encourage women to persist in their study of mathematics. She published Pedagogical needs of female mathematics students: Listening to their voice for the Journal for the Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Currently, King is an active member of the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce, Terre Haute Rotary Club, board of trustees of Clay Community Schools and her church.

King is an avid reader and volunteers in many activities that serve the needs of children. She has been married to her husband, Wayne, for 31 years and they have six children and one grandchild.