Dwight A. McBride has been installed as the inaugural Gerald Early Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
A nationally recognized scholar of race and literary studies, McBride joined the WashU faculty in 2023. In addition to the Early professorship, he serves as a senior advisor to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin and as executive director of WashU’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2).
Prior to joining WashU, McBride served as president of The New School in New York City from 2020-23. He previously served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Emory University, where he was also the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of African American Studies and held roles in English and in women, gender and sexuality studies. At Northwestern University, he served as dean of the graduate school, among other roles. He also had been dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.