President Boakai Appoints Dr. Layli Maparyan as President of the University of Liberia
Executive Mansion, Monrovia: His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia and Visitor to the University of Liberia, has appointed Dr. Layli Maparyan because the sixteenth President of the University of Liberia. This historic appointment follows the approval of the University’s Board of Trustees in accordance with the University of Liberia’s Charter.
In his letter of appointment, President Boakai expressed confidence in Dr. Maparyan’s potential, integrity, and intensive expertise, emphasizing his belief that she would display these qualities in service to the University and the nation.
Dr. Maparyan, a distinguished educational and prolific scholar, is at present the Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) and a Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, USA.
Her choice adopted a rigorous search
course of carried out by the University of Liberia Board of Trustees’ Search Committee, which recognized her as a number one candidate for the place.
Dr. Maparyan holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Temple University and an M.S. in
Psychology from Penn State University. She earned her undergraduate diploma in
Philosophy (cum laude) from Spelman College.
She has a distinguished educational profession, having served as Associate Professor and Assistant Professor at Georgia State University’s Women’s Studies Institute and Assistant Professor on the University of Georgia’s Department of Psychology and Institute for African American Studies.
Her ties to Liberia date again to her tenure as a Fulbright Specialist on the University of Liberia in 2010. She has additionally been acknowledged with quite a few awards, together with the Distinguished Citizen Award for Service to the Liberian Community (2009) and the Fulbright Specialist Program Award.
In accordance with Article IV, Section 1 of the University’s Charter, President Boakai
nominated Dr. Maparyan for the function on December 18, 2024. The Board of Trustees
subsequently convened on December 23, 2024, and unanimously authorized her
nomination.
Dr. Maparyan, who’s married to a Liberian, will formally assume her duties as President on January 10, 2025, the day of her induction.
The University of Liberia and the nation at massive welcome Dr. Maparyan’s management and look ahead to her contributions to advancing greater training and fostering educational excellence in Liberia.
Signed:
Kula Bonah Nyei Fofana
Presidential Press Secretary
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