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Wendy Lee Rheault (born August 21, 1955) is a Canadian academic administrator specializing in psychometrics. She has served as the president of the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science since 2019.
Life
Rheault was born on August 21, 1955. She earned a B.S. in physical therapy from the Queen's University at Kingston. She received a master's degree in curriculum and instruction and a Ph.D. in measurement, evaluation, and statistical analysis from the University of Chicago department of education. Her dissertation was titled, Learning Styles of Physical Therapy Students. Benjamin Drake Wright was Rheault's doctoral advisor.
Using the Rasch model, Rheault conducts psychometric analyses of clinical and educational measurement instruments. At the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, she was the associate dean of the college of health professions for ten years before being promoted to dean from 2003 to 2014. In 2008, she was appointed vice president of academic affairs. She served as provost from 2014 to 2018. In January 2019, she became the interim president. She formally assumed the role on July 1, 2019. She is the first female president of the university.