The New School has a brand new president
BY BETH DEDMAN
The New School offi
cially announced
April 16 that Dr.
Dwight A. McBride began
his term as the ninth
president of the university
with a pledge of
$100,000 to the Student
Emergency Assistance
program.
“I am honored and
excited to join The New
School’s extraordinary
community of scholars,
artists, designers
and thought leaders,”
McBride said. “The New
School has redrawn and
redefi ned the boundaries
of intellectual and
creative thought as a preeminent
academic center,
offering some of the
nation’s most respected
degree programs in the
humanities and social
sciences, design, and the
performing arts. One of
my immediate goals is to
bring the university community
together during
this diffi cult time and
signal our primary commitment
to our talented
and dedicated students.”
McBride, formerly the
Provost and Executive
Vice President for Academic
Affairs at Emory
University, is immediately
responding to the effects
of the COVID-19 epidemic
on The New School
with a personal pledge
to support the program
that provides short-term
fi nancial support to students
with specifi c urgent
needs during the crisis.
McBride also joins The
New School faculty as
a professor. During his
time at Emory University
he was the Asa Griggs
PHOTO VIA TWITTER/NEW SCHOOL ALUMNI
Dr. Dwight A. McBride, the new president of
The New School.
Candler Professor of African
American Studies,
Distinguished Affi liated
Professor of English,
and Associated Faculty
in Women’s, Gender
and Sexuality Studies.
McBride also served at
Northwestern University
as Dean of The Graduate
School, Associate
Provost for Graduate
Education and Daniel
Hale Williams Professor
of African American
Studies, English and
Performance Studies.
He was also Dean of the
College of Liberal Arts
& Sciences at the University
of Illinois at Chicago
and served on the
faculty of the University
of Pittsburgh.
“I can think of no
one better suited than
Dwight McBride to
lead The New School
forward, as we chart a
course of inspired scholarship
and creativity
for the university’s next
100 years,” said Linda
E. Rappaport, Chair of
The New School’s Board
of Trustees. “President
McBride’s deep experience
as a scholar and
higher education leader
embodies a commitment
to all aspects of academic
excellence. I am delighted
to welcome him
to our storied and progressive
university.”
McBride has published
award-winning
books, essays, articles
and edited volumes that
examine connections
between race theory,
Black studies and identity
politics. He is cofounder
and co-editor
of the James Baldwin
Review. He received his
bachelor’s in English
with a certifi cate in African
American Studies
from Princeton University,
and both his masters
and PhD in English
from the University of
California, Los Angeles.
Plans for President
McBride’s offi cial inauguration
ceremony will
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