Stacey Robertson started as the 11th President of Widener University in 2022. She is a historian known for her work in women and the 19th-century antislavery movement.

Robertson was born in Scottsdale, Arizona. She has a bachelor's degree in social history and social movements from Whittier College. She earned her Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara.^[1]

Robertson accepted a position as an assistant professor at Bradley University and then remained there for twenty years, ultimately serving as an interim dean. She accepted a position as dean at Central Washington University, and then moved to become the provost at the State University of New York.^[1]

Robertson began as president in Widener University on July 1, 2022, when she took over from Julie Wollman.^[1]

• "Hearts Beating for Liberty | Stacey M. Robertson". University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 2024-04-01.^[2]

• Robertson, Stacey M. (2000). Parker Pillsbury: radical abolitionist, male feminist. Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-3634-5.^[3]