Michael S. Roth
Michael Roth | |
|---|---|
| 16th President of Wesleyan University | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Douglas J. Bennet |
| 8th President of California College of the Arts | |
| In office 2000–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Lorne Michael Buchman |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Beal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Scott Roth April 8, 1957 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse | Kari Weil |
| Website | Official blog |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Wesleyan University (BA) Princeton University (MA, PhD) |
| Thesis | Knowing and History: The Resurgence of French Hegelianism from the 1930s through the Post-War Period (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Victor Gourevitch, Jerrold Seigel |
| Other advisors | Raymond Aron, Michel Foucault, Eugène Fleischmann |
Michael Scott Roth (born April 8, 1957) is an American academic and university administrator. He became the 16th president of Wesleyan University in 2007. Formerly, he was the 8th president of the California College of the Arts (2000–2007), associate director of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, and Director of European Studies at Claremont Graduate University. He was also the H.B. Professor of Humanities at Scripps College, where he was the founding director of the Scripps College Humanities Institute.