Duke University dean named first female provost at Hopkins

The Baltimore Sun

Duke University's engineering dean will be the first female provost at the Johns Hopkins University, officials announced yesterday.

Kristina M. Johnson, 50, who has been a dean at Duke in Durham, N.C., since 1999, replaces Steven Knapp as chief academic officer of the private Baltimore university.

After more than a decade as Hopkins provost, Knapp will become president of the George Washington University in August.

Johnson, an electrical engineer, will take office Sept. 1, officials said.

"Kristina Johnson has been a transformational dean of engineering at Duke," said Duke President Richard H. Brodhead in a statement. "We'll hate to see her go, but are delighted to see her talents recognized with these new challenges and responsibilities."

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