Karen R. Lawrence is an American academic administrator serving as the ninth president of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
[1][better source needed] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Yale University and a master's degree in English literature from Tufts University.
Lawrence earned a PhD degree in literature from Columbia University in 1978.
[2][3][1][better source needed] Lawrence is a scholar of English and Irish literatures.
[6][7] In September 2018, Lawrence became the 9th President of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.