Dr. Sian Leah Beilock is the 19th President of Dartmouth. Since her arrival in 2023, she has positioned Dartmouth as a global leader on critical issues in higher-education and beyond, including climate change and sustainability, affordability for middle-income families, and mental health and well-being in young people. Under President Beilock’s leadership, Dartmouth has launched the first-of-its-kind “Dartmouth Dialogues” initiative, which facilitates conversations and skills that bridge political and personal divides. A distinguished cognitive scientist, President Beilock is an expert on performance under pressure. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the highest honors in her field, as well as the author of 120 peer-reviewed papers and two critically-acclaimed books — Choke and How The Body Knows Its Mind. Her 2017 TED talk has been viewed more than 2.7 million times.