Katia Passerini

Katia Passerini is an Italian academic administrator who has served as provost at Seton Hall University since 2020. She served as the interim president of Seton Hall University from 2023 to 2024. She was announced as the 27th president-elect of Gonzaga University on January 15, 2025 to succeed Dr. Thayne McCulloh in July 2025.

Life Passerini earned a B.A. in political science from Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli in 1993. She completed a M.A. (1997) in economics from the University of Rome Tor Vergata. She held a joint appointment in the department of information systems at the Ying Wu College of Computing Sciences.

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