President Paul J. LeBlanc

President Paul J. LeBlanc

Dr. Paul J. LeBlanc became president of Southern New Hampshire University on July 7, 2003.

He previously served as president at Marlboro College in Vermont. Prior to joining Marlboro College, LeBlanc was vice president for new technology at Houghton Mifflin Company. He also served as chair of the humanities department at Springfield College in Massachusetts.

An authority on technology and education, he is the author or editor of three books: Computers and Writing: A History; Writing Teachers Writing Software: Creating Our Place in the Electronic Age; and Re-Imagining Computers and Composition: Teaching and Research in the Virtual Age

LeBlanc received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, his M.A. from Boston College, and his B.A. from Framingham State College.

He serves on the New England Association for Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education and on the board of directors or advisory boards for the Council of Independent Colleges, The Derryfield School, New Hampshire Campus Compact,  New Hampshire Junior Achievement, the New Hampshire Council of Colleges and Universities and Heritage United Way.