Dr. Dwight A. McBride became the 9th President of The New School in New York City in 2020.
Prior to his appointment at The New School, Dr. McBride was Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Emory University. Additionally, he served at Northwestern University, as Dean of The Graduate School and Associate Provost for Graduate Education, and at the University of Illinois at Chicago as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
A leading scholar of race and literary studies, Dr. McBride is co-founder and co-editor of the James Baldwin Review, and co-editor of The New Black Studies book series at the University of Illinois Press. In 2003, he was awarded the Monette/Horowitz Trust 2003 Achievement Award for independent research that combats homophobia.
Dr. McBride is a founding co-director, with Dr. Earl Lewis, of the Academic Leadership Institute, a partnership between the University of Michigan and The New School that supports the development of academic leaders into higher education leadership roles who are committed to diversity and inclusion.
Dr. McBride received his AB in English with a certificate in African American Studies from Princeton University, and his MA and PhD in English from the University of California.