Margee Ensign

Margee M. Ensign (born 3 October 1954) is the President of Dickinson College and the former President of the American University of Nigeria.

Life

Ensign was born in 1954. She earned her BA from New College of Florida, and her PhD in International Political Economy from the University of Maryland University College. She began her administrative career at Columbia University in New York City. There she combined roles of Professor of Politics and Economy with director of the International Political Economy Program.

Ensign came to AUN from the University of the Pacific in California where she was Dean of the School of International Studies and Associate Provost for International Initiatives. She set up undergraduate and graduate programs in social entrepreneurship, Inter-American Studies, and intercultural relations. She also oversaw the Gerber Lecture Series that attracted speakers such as Archbishop (emeritus) Desmond Tutu of South Africa, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Vice-President Gilbert Bukenya of Uganda, President César Gaviria of Colombia, and Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland of Norway.

On February 27, 2017, she was announced as the 29th president of Dickinson College.

Works

Ensign is a scholar whose works focus on international development and the implications of development assistance. Her works include:

• Doing Good or Doing Well?: Japan's Foreign Aid Program
• Images and Behavior of Private Bank Lending to Developing Countries.
• Rwanda: History and Hope, in which she and AUN Trustee and Tulane University Professor Dr. William Bertrand document Rwanda's rebuilding efforts since 1994.

Award

In 2011 Ensign was awarded the "African Leadership Award in Educational Excellence" conferred upon her in London by African Leadership Magazine.