Executive Management - Kris Bulcroft
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Kris Bulcroft Kris took the reins as Capilano University’s sixth president and second vice-chancellor on August 1, 2010. She brings to the presidency a lifelong commitment to education as a university professor and academic administrator. Kris had a distinguished 20-year career at Western Washington University, serving as a professor of sociology as well as vice-provost for undergraduate education – a position she held until 2008 when she joined Franklin College as provost and vice-president for academic affairs. She holds a BA from Pacific Lutheran University, an MA from Eastern Washington University and a PhD from the University of Minnesota. Her primary field of study is sociology, with emphasis on family life and aging. Kris has published widely on these issues and has worked as a research scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. She is also a recipient of several Fulbright Awards for research and teaching in Canada and Slovakia, and has served as a reviewer for Fulbright proposals for Central Europe. In addition to her academic pursuits, Kris enjoys gardening, cooking and hiking with her husband, Richard Bulcroft, who is an associate professor of sociology at Western Washington University in Bellingham. They have a daughter, Anastasia Polda, who is a graduate student in history at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. |
