Dartmouth's first female president to start in 2023

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Dartmouth College has named its first female president in the private Ivy League university's over 250-year history.

Sian Leah Beilock, 46, the current president of Barnard College and a leading expert on the brain science behind "choking under pressure," will become Dartmouth's president July 1, 2023, succeeding Philip J. Hanlon.

Beilock, who will be Dartmouth's 19th president, said she’s excited to bring all the different facets of herself to Dartmouth.

"I imagine a lot of people will ask me what it means to be Dartmouth's first female president, and for some, they might think that I should not talk about that, I should just talk about being a president," she said in a video statement Thursday.

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"But my research as a psychologist, and my colleagues have really shown that having multiple identities — I am a researcher, I am a president, I am a teacher, I'm a mother — all of those things actually impact what we bring to the table, how we can think across differences, and having those multiple identities I'm confident will help me put my best foot forward."

Beilock's research looks at brain and body factors influencing all types of performance, from test taking, to public speaking, to athletics. Her TED talk in 2017 on the subject has received over 2.4 million views.

"I think as a society we have a newfound appreciation and value for issues around anxiety and mental health, and I'm really excited to think with the Dartmouth community about how best to support our young people, and also how to make mental health and well-being part of the dialogue constantly, whether we're in the classroom, outside it, or for