Dr. Kay Schallenkamp is the ninth president of Black Hills State University.

Previously, Dr. Schallenkamp served as president of Emporia State University (KS) for nine years. Prior to that, she was provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and provost at Chadron State College (NE). She started her higher education career at Northern State University in Aberdeen as an instructor of communication disorders and later served as dean of graduate studies and research.

Throughout her career, Dr. Schallenkamp has been professionally active at the state and national levels. Currently she serves on the board for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and has served as chair of this group. She has served as chair of the President's Council for NCAA Division II and the National Teachers Hall of Fame, as well as a member of the board of directors for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the North Central Association and The Renaissance Group.

Dr. Schallenkamp holds three degrees in communication disorders: a B.S. from Northern State University, a master’s from the University of South Dakota, and a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado.

She and her husband, Ken, have two daughters. Heather (Shad) Newbury is a high school English teacher in Kansas and Jenni (Danny) Simon is on the faculty at Georgia Southern State University. Heather and Shad have two children, Alyssa and Tyler.