Dwight A. McBride explained

Birth Place:Honea Path, South Carolina, U.S.
Education:Princeton University (AB)
University of California, Los Angeles (MA, PhD)
Notable Works:Why 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.)
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Office:9th President of The New School
Termstart:April 16, 2020
Termend:August 15, 2023
Preceded:David E. Van Zandt
Succeeded:Donna Shalala (interim)
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Dwight A. McBride (born 1967) is an American academic administrator and scholar of race and literary studies. From April 16, 2020, to August 2023, he served as the ninth president of The New School.[1] [2] McBride previously served as provost, executive vice president for academic affairs, and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of African American studies at Emory University.

Early life and education

Dwight A. McBride was born in Honea Path, South Carolina and raised in Belton, South Carolina.[3] He graduated from Belton-Honea Path High School in 1986.[4]

McBride graduated from Princeton University, where he studied English and African American studies. He then earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles.[5]

Career

McBride taught at the University of Pittsburgh, then served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 2007 to 2010. He next served as Daniel Hale Williams Professor of African American Studies, English, & Performance Studies at Northwestern University,[6] as well as Dean of the Graduate School[7] [8] and Associate Provost of Graduate Education. On July 1, 2017, he became Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of African American Studies and Distinguished Affiliated Professor of English at Emory University.[9] He joined The New School as president on April 16, 2020, and announced his departure in 2023.[10]

McBride is an author of numerous books and edited collections. His works include James Baldwin Now (NYU Press, 1999),[11] [12] Impossible Witnesses: Truth, Abolitionism, and Slave Testimony (NYU Press, 2002),[13] [14] the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award-nominated essay collection Why I Hate Abercrombie and Fitch: Essay on Race and Sexuality (NYU Press, 2005),[15] [16] and the Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology Black Like Us: A Century of Gay, Lesbian, and Bi-Sexual African American Fiction (Cleis Press, 2011).[17] [18]

McBride has also co-edited several collections and posthumous volumes, including a special issue of the journal Callaloo entitled "Plum Nelly: New Essays in Queer Black Studies" (2000),[19] A Melvin Dixon Critical Reader (Mississippi Press, 2006),[20] [21] Racial Blackness and the Discontinuity of Western Modernity (Univ. of Illinois Press, 2013),[22] [23] and the Lambda Literary Award-winning book The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within U.S. Slave Culture (NYU Press, 2014).[24] [25]

McBride is one of the founding editors and current co-editor of the open access scholarly journal, James Baldwin Review (Manchester Univ. Press),[26] [27] and co-editor of The New Black Studies book series at the University of Illinois Press.[28] [29]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McBride to Leave Emory in Spring 2020 after 2 Years as Provost. Cho. Seungeun. October 11, 2019. April 17, 2020.
  2. Web site: Rodriguez-Mora . Bianca . 2023-06-08 . Dwight A. McBride to step down as The New School President at the end of the summer . 2023-10-06 . The New School Free Press . en-US.
  3. Book: McBride, Dwight Antonio . Impossible Witnesses: Restrictive and Resistive Discourses on Nineteenth-century Slavery and Abolitionism . 1996 . University of California, Los Angeles . en.
  4. Web site: Chicago Gay History. 2020-12-05. www.chicagogayhistory.com.
  5. News: The Next Provost at Emory University in Atlanta. 2017-05-08. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 2017-07-17. en-US.
  6. Web site: Dwight A. McBride: Department of African American Studies - Northwestern University. www.afam.northwestern.edu. Northwestern University. 3 April 2017. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20170404042957/http://www.afam.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/dwight-mcbride.html. 4 April 2017. dead.
  7. News: A University Banks on Ph.D. Stipends to Better Compete With Its Peers. Patel. Vimal. 2015-06-05. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 2017-04-14.
  8. News: NU grad school asks applicants' sexual identity. Gregory. Ted. September 26, 2014. Chicago Tribune. 2017-04-14. en-US.
  9. Web site: Dwight McBride named provost of Emory University - Northwestern Now. news.northwestern.edu. en-US. 2017-07-17.
  10. Web site: York . The New School 66 West 12th Street New . Ny 10011 . 2023-06-08 . A Message From The Board Chair: Important Leadership Update . 2023-06-08 . Messages to the Community . en-US.
  11. Book: McBride . Dwight . James Baldwin Now . August 1999 . NYU Press . 9780814756188 . 356 .
  12. Book: McBride . Dwight . James Baldwin Now . August 1999 . NYU Press . 9780814756188 . 356 .
  13. Book: McBride . Dwight . Impossible Witnesses: Truth, Abolitionism, and Slave Testimony . February 2002 . NYU Press . 9780814756058 . 207 .
  14. Book: McBride . Dwight . Impossible Witnesses: Truth, Abolitionism, and Slave Testimony . February 2002 . NYU Press . 9780814756058 . 208 .
  15. Book: McBride . Dwight . Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch Essays On Race and Sexuality . February 2005 . NYU Press . 9780814756867 . 251 .
  16. Book: McBride . Dwight . Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays On Race and Sexuality . February 2005 . NYU Press . 9780814756867 . 251 .
  17. Book: McBride . Dwight . BLACK LIKE US: A CENTURY OF LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN FICTION . 2003 . Cleis Press . 9781573441087 .
  18. Book: McBride . Dwight . BLACK LIKE US: A CENTURY OF LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN FICTION . 2003 . Cleis Press . 9781573441087 .
  19. McBride . Dwight . Plum Nelly: New Essays in Queer Black Studies . Callaloo . 2000 . 2020-04-20 . 2019-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191211144252/https://callaloo.tamu.edu/ . dead .
  20. Book: McBride . Dwight . A Melvin Dixon Critical Reader . 2006 . Mississippi Press . 9781604738636 . 208 .
  21. Book: McBride . Dwight . A Melvin Dixon Critical Reader . 2006 . Mississippi Press . 9781604738636 . 208 .
  22. Book: McBride . Dwight . Racial Blackness and the Discontinuity of Western Modernity . 2013 . University of Illinois Press . 978-0-252-07951-1 . 264 .
  23. Book: McBride . Dwight . Racial Blackness and the Discontinuity of Western Modernity . 2013 . University of Illinois Press . 978-0-252-07951-1 . 264 .
  24. Book: McBride . Dwight . The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within US Slave Culture . June 2014 . NYU Press . 9780814794623 . 320 .
  25. Book: McBride . Dwight . The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism Within US Slave Culture . June 2014 . NYU Press . 9780814794623 . 320 .
  26. Book: McBride . Dwight . James Baldwin Review . 2019 . Manchester University Press .
  27. Book: McBride . Dwight . James Baldwin Review . Manchester University Press .
  28. Book: McBride . Dwight . The New Black Studies Series . University of Illinois Press .
  29. Book: McBride . Dwight . The New Black Studies Series . University of Illinois Press . 2020-04-20 . 2020-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200611175252/https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/NBS_catalog_2019.pdf . dead .
  30. Ongiri. Amy Abugo. 2000-11-01. James Baldwin Now (review). Symploke. 8. 1. 233. 10.1353/sym.2000.0020. 144631120. 1534-0627.
  31. Steward. Douglas. 2000. Review of James Baldwin Now. 1315204. The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association. 33. 2. 94–96. 10.2307/1315204.
  32. Field. Douglas. 2001-09-01. James Baldwin Now. Ed. Dwight A. McBride. New York: New York UP, 1999. x 427 pages. $55 cloth; $19.50 paper.. MELUS. 26. 3. 250–252. 10.2307/3185571. 0163-755X. 3185571.
  33. Zagarell. Sandra A.. 2003-08-22. Impossible Witness: Truth, Abolitionism, and Slave Testimony (review). Callaloo. 26. 3. 920–923. 10.1353/cal.2003.0114. 159525763. 1080-6512.
  34. Saville. Julie. 2003. Eyerman. Ron. McBride. Dwight A.. Wright. William D.. Historical Memories of Slavery in the Aftermath of Reconstruction. 27501350. Journal of American Ethnic History. 22. 4. 72–76. 10.2307/27501350 . 254480974 .
  35. Bradway. Tyler. 2006-09-26. Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays on Race and Sexuality (review). College Literature. 33. 4. 223–225. 10.1353/lit.2006.0049. 144583713 . 1542-4286.
  36. News: At Arm's Length: the Black Community and Its Gay Men. Wellington. Darryl Lorenzo. March–April 2005. The Crisis. 46–47. en.
  37. Polk. Khary. March 2007. WHY I HATE ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH: ESSAY ON RACE AND SEXUALITY IN AMERICA. Women's Studies Quarterly. 35. 1/2. 310.
  38. News: Nonfiction Book Review: WHY I HATE ABERCROMBIE & FITCH: Essays on Race and Sexuality by Dwight A. McBride, Author . New York Univ. $19 (267p) ISBN 978-0-8147-5686-7. December 20, 2004. Publishers Weekly. 2017-07-17. en.

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