Kathryn Mohrman

Kathryn Mohrman of Chevy Chase, Maryland is a retired professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University (2015). Prior to working at Arizona State University, Kathryn was the executive director of the Washington Program, Johns Hopkins University, Hopkins Nanjing Center, School of Advanced International Studies from 2003-2008. Kathryn spent the 2002-2003 academic year as a Fulbright Professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Kathryn was president of Colorado College from 1993-2002 and dean for Undergraduate Studies at the University of Maryland at College Park from 1988-1993. Other experience includes serving as associate dean of the undergraduate college at Brown University, director of national affairs at the Association for American Colleges, and guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. She has taught public policy courses at several U.S. and Asia Universities. Kathryn received an M.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Ph.D. in public policy analysis from George Washington University. She holds the Doctor of Law honorary degree from Colorado College and Grinnell College where she served as a Trustee from 1980-1993.

Kathryn served on the board of directors for the National Committee on United States-China Relations.

Kathryn received a bachelor’s degree in history from Grinnell College in 1967 and was the recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. She also received an Alumni Award in 1977 and the Outstanding Young Woman Award in 1981. Kathryn created the Kathryn Mohrman ’67 MAP Fellowship Fund. The fellowship fund is used to support advanced student research or special projects administered through the MAP program with in the Departments of History and Political Science. Kathryn is an avid photographer and has had her work on display at the ASU’s library.