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Carol Tecla Christ (b. 1944) is a scholar of Victorian literature and English Literature in general. She is past editor of the Norton Anthology of English Literature, and has served since 2002 as the tenth official president of Smith College.

Christ was born in New York City. In 1966, she graduated with high honors from Douglass College, the women's college at Rutgers University. She received the Ph.D. in English from Yale University.

In 1970, Christ joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley and was chair of the English department from 1985 to 1988. In 1988 she was appointed dean of humanities. She also served as provost and dean of the College of Letters and Sciences. In 1994, Christ was appointed vice chancellor and provost (and later became executive vice chancellor) at Berkeley. She rejoined the teaching faculty in 2000 before joining Smith as its tenth president.

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