FREDERICK, Md. (Conference News) - Andrea Chapdelaine became the 11th president of Hood College on July 1, 2015.

She was previously the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Albright College in Reading, Pa., where she had also served as dean of undergraduate studies and as a faculty member, beginning in 1998.

Originally from Chicopee, Mass., President Chapdelaine has more than 21 years of teaching experience at three liberal arts colleges. She earned a doctorate and a master’s degree in social psychology from the University of Connecticut. She graduated cum laude from the University of New Hampshire with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in justice studies.

As provost at Albright, President Chapdelaine oversaw the academic affairs division and played a leadership role in strategic planning and assessment, the college’s fund-raising campaign and a number of facility projects. In collaboration with the faculty, she initiated new academic programs and a comprehensive revision of the general education curriculum. She is a member of the Council of Undergraduate Research, has presented at professional development workshops for academic administrators and served on a local board to improve early childhood literacy.

Before her tenure at Albright she served as a faculty member at two other small liberal arts colleges—Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind., from 1993 to 1995 as a visiting assistant professor, and at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., from 1995 to 1998 as a visiting assistant professor. During her career she has taught introductory psychology, statistics, research methods, program evaluation, social psychology, psychology and the law, close relationships and community-based research.

In addition to her work in the classroom and as an administrator, President Chapdelaine has published scholarly work focusing on supporting faculty through policies designed to promote flexibility and work-life balance, the value of undergraduate research to student learning and ethical issues in service learning.

President Chapdelaine and her husband, David Tetreault, who is also from Massachusetts, have two sons, Daniel and Benjamin.