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Isabelle D Cherney

Researcher

Jun 4, 2026

4:40
[laughs]
4:41
And I got my bachelor's, master's, and PhD in psychology from Creighton University and, uh, University of Nebraska at Omaha and then at Lincoln, and started my career at Creighton.
4:54
And so as our sons were growing up, I was really good at teaching, and so they thought I would be a good leader and took me out of the classroom.
5:02
And I created a honors program and then an EdD program in leadership, and eventually, uh, was tapped for higher ed as a whole as a leader.
5:12
So we moved to Boston.
5:14
One of our sons was in Boston.
5:16
I became a dean of the School of Education and Social Policy back at Merrimack College, and then this job opened.

9 MINS LATER

14:43
So tell us about that, and explain why the institute is so crucial for both women and the community.

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