Dr. Teresa A. Sullivan

Teresa A. Sullivan is the eighth president of the University of Virginia, home to the nation's oldest student-run honor system, under which students pledge not to lie, cheat or steal. Sullivan previously was the provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs and professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, and executive vice chancellor for Academic Affairs for the University of Texas System.

Sullivan's research focuses on labor force demography, with particular emphasis on economic marginality and consumer debt. The author or co-author of six books and more than 50 scholarly articles, her most recent work explores the question of who files for bankruptcy and why. She has served on the faculty at the University of Chicago and the University of Texas at Austin. At Texas, she also served as vice president and graduate dean, vice provost, chair of the Department of Sociology and director of Women's Studies.

Sullivan has served as chair of the U.S. Census Advisory Committee, secretary of the American Sociological Association and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A graduate of James Madison College at Michigan State University, she received her doctoral degree in sociology from the University of Chicago.