Dr. Link has more than 20 years of experience across a broad range of institutions of higher education, from large public and private universities to small private colleges. She has built programs, increased resources, enhanced institutional visibility, and created innovative interdisciplinary and experiential approaches to education.
Prior to Allegheny, she served for six years (2013) as dean of Temple University Rome. She strategically expanded and revamped curriculum to enhance enrollment by including more contemporary topics and developed new courses and internships. She was instrumental in leading recruitment initiatives to achieve an enrollment that was the highest in the 52-year history of the campus.
Her professional and academic accolades include membership in the Stanford University Associates, honoring her long-term service to Stanford; selection as a Presidential Fellow of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA); the Administrator of the Year Award from the Barnard College Student Government Association; the Elizabeth Deering Hanscom Fellowship in the Humanities at Yale; and the Pi Mu Iota Award for the highest achievement in the Italian Department at Stanford.
She serves on the Climate Leadership Steering Committee of the Presidents’ Climate Leadership Commitments. The steering committee is the chief oversight body of the Presidents’ Climate Leadership Commitments, signed by presidents of higher education institutions that are taking action on climate change and preparing students through research and education to solve the challenges of the 21st century. She serves on the NCAA Honors Committee and is a member of The International Women’s Forum.
A scholar of Italian art and literature, She is a professor at Allegheny. She has taught at Temple University Rome, Barnard, New York University, Columbia, and Yale. She graduated from Stanford and earned her MA and PhD from Yale in Italian language and literature. Dr. Link and her spouse, Jeff Link, have three sons, Jason, Alexander, and Zachary.