{{Short description|American labor lawyer and academic administrator}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Patricia Hardaway | office = 19th President of Wilberforce University | education = Wilberforce University<br>University of Pittsburgh<br>Yeshiva University | predecessor = Floyd Flake | successor = Wilma Mishoe (interim) | term_start = 2008 | term_end = December 31, 2013<br>Interim: 2008 – March 2009 }}
'''Patricia Lofton Hardaway''' is an American labor lawyer and academic administrator who was the 19th president of Wilberforce University from 2008 to 2013. She has served as the interim chief human resources officer of the University of California since 2023. ==Life== Hardaway earned a B.A. in sociology from Wilberforce University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2013-08-22 |title=Patricia Hardaway to Step Down From Presidency of Wilberforce University |url=https://www.wiareport.com/2013/08/patricia-hardaway-to-step-down-from-presidency-of-wilberforce-university/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Women In Academia Report}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kamaleswaran |first=Biju |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Patricia L. Hardaway to serve as acting Associate Vice Chancellor for Staff Human Resources and Chief Human Resource Officer |url=https://news.ucsc.edu/2022/10/acting-avc-shr.html |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=UC Santa Cruz News |language=en}}</ref> She completed a master of public works degree from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> She received J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
Hardaway is a labor lawyer who as worked on employment discrimination cases in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey.<ref name=":1" /> She was the first woman chair of the Wilberforce University board of trustees.<ref name=":0" /> In 2007, she became provost.<ref name=":0" /> The following year, she served as the interim president, succeeding Floyd Flake.<ref name=":0" /> In March 2009, she was named as the 19th president.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Kalmijn |first=Thera |date=August 8, 2023 |title=UCOP Operations appoints Patricia L. Hardaway, M.P.W., J.D., as interim UCOP Chief HR Officer |url=https://link.ucop.edu/2023/08/08/ucop-operations-appoints-patricia-l-hardaway-m-p-w-j-d-as-interim-ucop-chief-hr-officer/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> She was the second female president of the university. After conflicts with the faculty association and student protests over dormitories and living conditions, Hardaway announced in July 2013 that she would resign on December 31.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-17 |title=Hardaway Resigns as President of Wilberforce University |url=https://www.wyso.org/news/2013-07-17/hardaway-resigns-as-president-of-wilberforce-university |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=WYSO |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Tyson |first=Charlie |date=June 29, 2014 |title=For Storied Institution, a Historic Low |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/06/30/wilberforce-university-countrys-oldest-private-historically-black-institution-could |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Inside Higher Ed |language=en}}</ref> She was succeeded by interim president Wilma Mishoe.<ref name=":3" /> Hardaway worked at the University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Chatham College.<ref name=":1" /> Hardaway was the interim provost of Mills College at Northeastern University and oversaw the academic affairs division.<ref name=":1" /> In October 2022, she became the acting associate vice chancellor for staff human resources and chief human resource officer at the University of California, Santa Cruz.<ref name=":1" /> On August 7, 2023, she became the acting interim chief human resources officer of the University of California, succeeding Nancy Pluzdrak.<ref name=":2" />
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