Valerie Ashby

thumb|Valerie Ashby Valerie Sheares Ashby (born September 6, 1966) is an American chemist and university professor who currently serves as president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She was the Dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University from 2015 to 2022 and formerly chair of the chemistry department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2012 to 2015. With her research group, she holds ten patents. Quotes If I was talking to someone I mentor, I would say to make sure that you’re comfortable in your own skin. I don’t care what job you have. You need to know who you are, and then you look for a place that wants who you are. Then you go and do the best you can, being who you are authentically. And I think that’ll work. Having left various roles and come into different roles, I pride myself on being a good leaver. I just left Duke University, which I loved and still love, and I don’t allow anybody to talk to me about anything there. It is a privilege to be in leadership, and we are indeed in service to people. We will advance knowledge, economic prosperity and social justice by welcoming and inspiring inquisitive minds from all backgrounds. External links Category:Chemists from the United States Category:Women academics from the United States Category:Women scientists from the United States Category:21st-century African-American scientists Category:Scientists from North Carolina Category:1966 births Category:Women born in the 1960s Category:Living people