Dwight A. McBride

Dwight A. McBride
Born1967 (age 58–59)
Academic background
EducationPrinceton University (AB)
University of California, Los Angeles (MA, PhD)
Academic work
Notable worksWhy I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays on Race and Sexuality
Impossible Witnesses: Truth, Abolitionism and Slave Testimony
Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual African American Fiction (co-ed.)
9th President of The New School
In office
April 16, 2020 – August 15, 2023
Preceded byDavid E. Van Zandt
Succeeded byDonna Shalala (interim)
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Dwight A. McBride (born 1967) is an American academic administrator and scholar of African American and literary studies. He has been a distinguished professor, and advisor to the chancellor at Washington University in St. Louis since 2023. From April 16, 2020, to August 2023, he served as the ninth president of The New School. McBride previously served as provost, executive vice president for academic affairs, and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of African-American studies at Emory University.