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'''Molly Easo Smith''' (born 1958 in [[Chennai, India]]) is an [[List of Indian Americans|Indian-American]] professor and scholar of Shakespeare and Renaissance drama, and academic administrator.

==Biography==
Born in Chennai (formerly [[Madras]]) in India, Dr. Smith graduated from [[Ethiraj Women's College]] and [[Madras Christian College]] in the [[University of Madras]], with BA and MA degrees in English, respectively, and from Auburn University with a Ph.D. in English Literature in 1988. Smith has written two books and several articles on Shakespeare and Renaissance drama. Her research and teaching interests include the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Shakespeare, Women in Drama, and the development of theatre. She has held faculty and administrative posts at Ithaca College, St. Louis University, the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, Stephen F. Austin State University, Seton Hall University, and Wheaton College (MA), and served as the eleventh President of [[Manhattanville College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/may/07/molly-smith-inaugurated-as-head-of-manhattanville-college.htm|title=Molly Smith inaugurated as head of Manhattanville College|last=Joseph|first=George|date=7 May 2010|work=[[Rediff.com]]|accessdate=11 August 2014}}</ref>

Smith served on the Board of Trustees at Fairleigh Dickinson University and on the Executive Committee of the International Association of University Presidents, where she led an initiative to develop women as academic leaders globally. She was recognized by the Westchester Business Council as "Businesswoman of the Year" at the annual Awards Banquet in April 2011.<ref>http://www.westchester.com/news/westchesternews/business/14672-2011-business-hall-of-fame-winners-announced.html</ref> She was also recognized for her leadership in education by the National Federation of Indian Americans<ref>http://www.nfia.net/</ref> and by the Kerala Center.<ref>http://www.keralacenterusa.com/keralacenterusa/KeralaCenter/KeralaCenter/NewsDetail/Default.aspx?NewsArticleKey=084399b3-76b5-455c-8f40-e079f8ad937c{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She was featured in the New York Times as one among a handful of foreign-born presidents of US Colleges and Universities.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/education/10presidents.html?_r=1&ref=cooperunionfortheadvancementofscienceandart | title=More Foreign-Born Scholars Lead U.S. Universities | date=9 March 2011 | first=Lisa W. | last=Foderaromarch | newspaper=The New York Times | accessdate=28 October 2018 }}</ref>

While at Seton Hall, she received a vote of no confidence from a minority of the college of arts & sciences faculty after releasing a Seton Hall professor from administrative duties.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE5D71031F932A25751C1A9639C8B63&scp=1&sq=speaking+out%2C+but+for+whom&st=nyt|title = Speaking Out, but for Whom?|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 11 December 2005|last1 = Holl|first1 = John}}</ref> Later, at the end of her first year at Manhattanville (May 2010), students staged a protest in response to the resignation of two administrators, the academic dean and acting vice president for student affairs, and vice president of enrollment. According to a local newspaper, the Harrison Patch,<ref name=Patch>{{Cite web|url=http://harrison.patch.com/articles/hundreds-of-students-protest-outside-manhattanville-campus|title=Hundreds of Students Protest Outside Manhattanville Campus|date=6 May 2010}}</ref> "Most of the outrage was focused toward the school's newly inaugurated president, Dr. Molly Easo Smith. Students say that Smith, who has only been president since April 7, 2010, has cut programs and made changes without taking input from students and staff".<ref name=Patch/> The Harrison Patch also noted that, with respect to the resigning administrators, "Many of the students protesting were international students who said that [one of those departing admins] had played a major part of their decision to come to the school."<ref name=Patch/>

At the time of her resignation in 2011, a communique from Robert Hall, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, stated: "the Manhattanville College Board of Trustees is announcing an executive management transition. Molly Easo Smith, Ph.D. has decided to step down from her role as President effective today, May 31."<ref name=Patch/> J.J. Pryor, a school spokesperson, said in a statement that Smith left after achieving specific goals and objectives for which she was appointed by the Board of Trustees in 2009. "This includes the recruitment of a strong leadership team, refocusing the college's commitment to its core values of academic excellence, civic engagement and social action and the engagement of alumni to the Manhattanville College community."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/new-york/harrison/dr-molly-easo-smith-out-as-manhattanville-president|title=Dr. Molly Easo Smith Out as Manhattanville President|date=2 June 2011}}</ref>

==Personal==
Smith attributes her commitment to education to the influence of several women: her grandmother whose education ceased when she married at the age of twelve; her mother who longed to attend college but had to work instead from the age of sixteen; her godmother who was a Professor of English in Madras, having fought against many odds to ensure her own education and independence.

Her hobbies include playing tennis and writing short stories based on her life in India.

==Books==
*Breaking Boundaries: Politics and Play in the Drama of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries (1998)
*The Darker World Within: Evil in the Tragedies of Shakespeare and his Successors (1991)

==References==
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