Maurie McInnis is president of Yale University and professor in the department of the history of art. Prior to Yale, McInnis was president of Stony Brook University, where she also oversaw Stony Brook Medicine and was a key player in furthering economic development on Long Island and in Stony Brook’s role in the management of Brookhaven National Laboratory. Before Stony Brook, McInnis was provost and executive vice president at the University of Texas at Austin and vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Virginia. A distinguished scholar of the politics of art and slavery in the American South, McInnis has authored five books and led a digital history transformation project at the University of Virginia on the history of enslavement. Her board service includes the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ Commission on Economic and Community Engagement and the Association of American Universities.
(Yale University is a 2025 Festival Underwriter)