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Dr. Stephen J. Reno has served as chancellor of the University System of New Hampshire since August 2000. Previous administrative and teaching appointments include: president of Southern Oregon University (1994-2000); provost and dean of faculty, Southern Oregon University (1988-1994); associate provost and interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Southern Maine (1980-1988), visiting scholar, Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions (1979-1980); associate professor and associate dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Leicester, England (1970-1979; and associate, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara (1968-1970). He holds an AB degree in philosophy from St. John’s College, California (1965), and a MA (1969) and Ph.D. (1975) from the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2003, Dr. Reno was made an Honorary Fellow of the University of Winchester, England.

Dr. Reno’s academic interests and publications are in the areas of comparative symbolism, myth, and ritual. His professional activities include committee service with the American Academy of Religion, the British Association for the History of Religion, commissioner of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, and treasurer of the State Higher Education Executive Officers association. Within the region, he serves on the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Business Industry Association, Board of Directors of the New Hampshire College and University Council, Assembly of Overseers, Mary Hitchcock Hospital, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, the Ethics Committee of Catholic Medical Center, and as vice chair of the New Hampshire Public Radio Board of Trustees. He and his wife live in Manchester, New Hampshire.