25 Facts About Tania Tetlow

Tania Christina Tetlow is an American lawyer and law professor who is president of Fordham University since July 1,2022.

Tania Tetlow is the first woman and the first layperson to hold each of those positions at those two Catholic universities.

Tania Tetlow was an assistant US attorney from 2000 to 2005.

Tania Tetlow taught law at Tulane University from 2000 to 2015, leading its Domestic Violence Clinic from 2005 to 2014.

Tania Tetlow held senior administrative positions at Tulane from 2015 to 2018.

Tania Tetlow's parents met while graduate students at Fordham University.

Tania Tetlow was raised in New Orleans and attended Benjamin Franklin High School there and was a recipient of the National Merit Scholarship.

Tania Tetlow then served as an assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, prosecuting violent crimes and major narcotic cases.

In 2005, Tania Tetlow became an Associate Professor and Director of Tulane's Domestic Violence Clinic, where students represented clients escaping violent relationships and protecting their children.

Tania Tetlow raised $2.3 million in federal grant funds for the clinic.

Tania Tetlow started her teaching career in 1998 as a part-time adjunct professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where she taught a seminar on constitutional law and race.

Tania Tetlow rose to full professor at Tulane Law School and focused her scholarship on equal protection and discrimination in juror selection.

Tania Tetlow's research helped create new anti-discrimination policies at the US Department of Justice.

In 2015, Tania Tetlow became Associate Provost for International Affairs at Tulane, a newly created position to coordinate the university's international activities, programs and students.

Tania Tetlow was appointed Senior Vice-president and Chief of Staff at Tulane in 2015 and served as the top strategic advisor to the university's president, Michael Fitts.

On May 2,2018, Tania Tetlow was elected president of Loyola University New Orleans, following the retirement of Kevin Wildes.

Tania Tetlow was the first female to become president of the university.

Tania Tetlow was the first non-priest to hold the position.

On June 8,2020, Tania Tetlow issued an apology over the Loyola University's lack of response to complaints about racism at the university.

On February 10,2022, Tania Tetlow was named president of Fordham University in New York City effective July 1,2022.

Tania Tetlow is the first female and first layperson to be named to that position in its 181-year history.

On October 21,2022, Tania Tetlow vowed to fight for social justice at her Fordham inauguration.

On January 19,2023, Tania Tetlow wrote in an email stating, "I am happy to tell you that the University has accepted the union's most recent offer and reached a tentative agreement, subject to approval by their membership," referring to the conclusion of contract negotiations with Fordham Faculty United, a union representing non-tenured faculty.

Tania Tetlow called the New York Police Department, which had recently swept a similar encampment at Columbia University.

Tania Tetlow married Gordon Stewart, then a business professor at Xavier University in New Orleans, in 2009.