Shirley Strum Kenny (born 1934) is an English scholar and retired university president. Kenny was the fourth president of Stony Brook University from 1994 until the end of the 2008-2009 academic year. She was the first woman to hold that position. She had served as the president of Queens College from 1985 to 1994. In 2012, Kenny served as the interim president of Augusta State University upon the retirement of its long time president William A. Bloodworth from July 1[1] until the position was eliminated on December 31, 2012[2] as a result of Augusta State University's merger with Georgia Health Sciences University on August 10 of the same year.[3]
Kenny has published five books and numerous articles in the field of Restoration and eighteenth-century British drama. Her two-volume scholarly edition of the dramatic works of George Farquhar was published by Oxford University Press.[citation needed]
Kenny sits on the boards of directors of numerous corporations.[citation needed] She is married to Dr. Robert W. Kenny, and they have five children and four grandchildren.[citation needed]