President Pierson will discuss how working with three distinct stakeholders, students, faculty, and staff, at a mid-size public university has advanced her understanding of what ethical behavior looks like in practice and explain how the different perspectives of each population creates challenges in the university’s commitment to transparency, efficiency, and academic excellence.

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Katricia Pierson has served as East Central University’s ninth president since 2017. Prior to becoming president, she served as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at ECU from 2015-2017, after joining the university as assistant vice president for Academic Affairs in 2011. She holds the rank of professor and taught English literature and composition for 15 years.

Pierson is actively involved with federal, state, and local agencies. She is a reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission and is completing her second year on the HLC trustee nominating committee. Pierson is the secretary/treasurer for the Ada Jobs Foundation Board. She has been recognized for her work being named one of 50 women making a difference in Oklahoma for 2018 by the Journal Record’s Woman of the Year Program. She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma, Class 32, a program for individuals committed to service to shape Oklahoma’s future.

President Pierson earned both her doctorate and master’s degrees in English from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and received her bachelor’s degree in English, journalism and secondary education from the University of Wyoming.

President Pierson, a proud citizen of the Choctaw Nation, is married to Michael Pierson and they have one daughter, Mera. She has two sons, Zacharye and Gabriel, and a daughter-in-law, Robin, of Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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