Stephen Percy
{{short description|American university administrator}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Stephen Percy
| office = 10th President of Portland State University
| termstart = May 2020
| termend = July 31, 2023
| successor = Ann Cudd
| nationality = American
| alma_mater =
| occupation = University administrator
| predecessor = Rahmat Shoureshi
}}
Stephen L. Percy is an American university administrator and academic. He was the 10th president of Portland State University, Oregon's third largest university, until July 31, 2023.
Career
Percy graduated from Hamilton College (A.B. Government) and Indiana University (Ph.D. Political Science) before beginning his academic career as an Assistant Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia (1981-1988). He would later become a professor at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1988-2011) and the University of Baltimore (2011-2014), where he was also the Dean of the College of Public Affairs. Percy joined the faculty at Portland State in 2014.{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Elizabeth |title=Portland State University Votes To Make Interim President Permanent |url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-state-university-psu-interim-president-stephen-percy/ |access-date=August 16, 2021 |publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting |date=May 27, 2020 |archive-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616060456/https://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-state-university-psu-interim-president-stephen-percy/ |url-status=live }} He had been Dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs at PSU (2014-2019) when he took over as interim president when the previous president, Rahmat Shoureshi, was pressured by PSU's Board of Trustees to resign.{{cite news |last1=Manning |first1=Jeff |title=Portland State University board unanimously approves Stephen Percy as new president |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2020/05/portland-state-university-board-unanimously-approves-steve-percy-as-new-president.html |access-date=August 16, 2021 |publisher=The Oregonian/Oregon Live |date=May 27, 2020 |archive-date=June 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621141340/https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2020/05/portland-state-university-board-unanimously-approves-steve-percy-as-new-president.html |url-status=live }} In May 2020, the board of trustees voted unanimously to make Percy's position permanent, making him the 10th president of PSU.{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Hanna |title=Stephen Percy will become PSU’s 10th president |url=https://psuvanguard.com/stephen-percy-will-become-psus-10th-president/ |access-date=August 16, 2021 |publisher=Portland State Vanguard |date=June 2, 2020 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116143539/https://psuvanguard.com/stephen-percy-will-become-psus-10th-president/ |url-status=live }} Since 1978 Percy has published 6 books, 1 textbook, 29 articles, and 5 book chapters.{{cite web |title=MEET PRESIDENT STEPHEN PERCY |url=https://www.pdx.edu/president/meet-president |website=www.pdx.edu |publisher=Portland State University |access-date=4 October 2021}}
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| title=President of Portland State University
| before=Rahmat Shoureshi
| after=Incumbent
| years=2020 to present}}
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Category:Presidents of Portland State University
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