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Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 7, 2021

Rhodes College in Memphis has chosen Southern Methodist University law school dean Jennifer Collins to serve as its 21st president, the Commercial Appeal reports. Collins received her law degree from Harvard Law School and has clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and worked with legal teams for the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office. Before SMU, Collins spent 10 years at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, beginning as law faculty in 2003 and becoming associate provost and vice provost in 2010 and 2013, respectively. She will begin her new position this summer, succeeding former president Marjorie Hass.