Richard Paul Senese is an American psychologist, academic administrator, and former politician serving as the president of Capella University since 2016.
[1] He completed a Ph.D. in the counseling and student personnel psychology program at the University of Minnesota.
[2] His November 1997 dissertation was titled, An analogue approach to understanding the impact of spontaneous metaphors.
[4] Senese was a faculty member at Metropolitan State University and College of St.
[5][2] He was the associate dean of the Capella University's Harold Abel School of Psychology.