Dwight A. McBride

Dwight A. McBride serves as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of African American Studies, Distinguished Affiliated Professor of English, and Associated Faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University. McBride came to Emory in July 2017 from Northwestern University, where he served for seven years as Dean of The Graduate School and Associate Provost for Graduate Education, as well as the Daniel Hale Williams Professor of African American Studies, English, and Performance. McBride was on the Northwestern faculty previously as the Chair of the African American Studies Department (2002–2007). Just prior to returning to Northwestern University as Dean and Associate Provost, he served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago (2007–2010). He also served previously on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh. A leading scholar of race and literary studies, he has published award-winning books, essays, articles, and edited volumes that examine connections between race theory, black studies, and identity politics.