Stephen B. Snyder is the interim president of Middlebury. 

At Middlebury, Snyder is the vice president for academic affairs, the dean of the Language Schools, and the Kawashima Professor of Japanese Studies. Snyder joined the Japanese Studies Department in 2005, was named dean of the Language Schools in 2014, and was appointed vice president for academic affairs in 2017. Prior to this appointment as interim president, Snyder served an eight-month term as interim dean of the Middlebury Institute in Monterey, California. He interrupted an academic sabbatical to begin the current appointment, following the conclusion of Laurie L. Patton’s term as the institution’s 17th president at the end of 2024. Snyder will serve as the interim president until June 30, 2025, or the beginning of the 18th president’s term, whichever occurs first. 

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