Jonathan Holloway (historian) explained

Jonathan Holloway
Office:21st President of Rutgers University
Term Start:July 1, 2020
Predecessor:Robert Barchi
Office2:Provost of Northwestern University
Term Start2:August 1, 2017
Term End2:July 1, 2020
Predecessor2:Daniel I. Linzer
Successor2:Kathleen Hagerty
Office3:Dean of Yale College
Term Start3:July 1, 2014
Term End3:July 1, 2017
Predecessor3:Mary Miller
Successor3:Marvin Chun
Birth Name:Jonathan Scott Holloway
Birth Place:Hawaii, U.S.
Relatives:Brian Holloway (brother)
Education:Stanford University (BA)
Yale University (MA, PhD)
Module:
Child:yes
Thesis Title:Confronting the Veil: New Deal African-American Intellectuals and the Evolution of a Radical Voice
Thesis Url:https://www.proquest.com/docview/304276451/
Thesis Year:1995
Doctoral Advisor:David Montgomery
Discipline:History
Workplaces:

Jonathan Scott Holloway (born 1967) is an American historian, academic administrator, and the 21st president of Rutgers University.

Holloway was named as the president of Rutgers University in January 2020 becoming the first person of color and first African American to be named president of Rutgers. He assumed the position on July 1, 2020.[1] Before coming to Rutgers, he was the provost of Northwestern University, a position he held between August 1, 2017, and July 1, 2020. Before that, he was the dean of Yale College and Edmund S. Morgan Professor of African American Studies, History, and American Studies at Yale University. During his tenure as Rutgers president, he oversaw the response to the 2023 Rutgers University strike.

Early life and education

Holloway was born in Hawaii and raised on military bases in Montgomery, Alabama and Maryland while his father served in the United States Air Force.[2] [3] He was a star football player at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland,[4] and he was named an All-American honorable mention by USA Today.[5] [6]

Holloway was recruited to play linebacker at Stanford University but graduated in 1989 without starting a game.[5] While on Stanford's football team, he was a teammate of future U.S. Senator Cory Booker.[7] He earned a Bachelor of Arts in American studies.[8] Holloway earned a Ph.D. in history from Yale University in 1995.[9]

Academic career

He began his academic career at the University of California, San Diego, before returning to Yale and joining its faculty in 1999. He became a full professor there in 2004.

Holloway was appointed Master (now known as "Head") of Calhoun College (now known as Grace Hopper College) in 2005, and chaired the governing body of Yale's residential colleges, the Council of Masters, from 2009 to 2014. As a Master, Holloway was respected for his approachability, charisma, and involvement in student life.[10] For several years, he opposed the change of name of Calhoun, despite student demands, and noted the irony of his serving as the Master of that college; but he changed his mind as many students became more vocal in their opposition to the name in 2015.[11] He was considered a candidate for dean of Yale College in 2008, though Mary Miller was eventually appointed. He was appointed as her successor in May 2014 by Yale President Peter Salovey, making him Yale's first black dean.[12] [13] [14]

During the protests regarding Halloween costumes at Yale in November 2015, while he was dean, Holloway strongly supported the costume guidelines issued by his office (guidelines which some critics saw as unnecessary), calling them "exactly right."[15] [16] [17] Holloway is a supporter of affirmative action programs and reparations (albeit not cash transfers).[18]

Holloway left Yale and became provost of Northwestern University on August 1, 2017.

Holloway is the author of Confronting the Veil: Abram Harris Jr., E. Franklin Frazier, and Ralph Bunche, 1919-1941 (2002) and Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory and Identity in Black America Since 1940 (2013), both published by the University of North Carolina Press. He also wrote The Cause of Freedom: A Concise History of African Americans (2021) and African American History: A Very Short Introduction (2023), both with Oxford University Press. He edited Ralph Bunche's A Brief and Tentative Analysis of Negro Leadership (NYU Press, 2005) and co-edited Black Scholars on the Line: Race, Social Science, and American Thought in the 20th Century (University of Notre Dame Press, 2007). He wrote an introduction for a new edition of W.E.B. Du Bois's Souls of Black Folk, published by Yale University Press in 2015.[19]

Rutgers University

On January 21, 2020, Rutgers University announced that Holloway has been selected as the university's twenty-first president. He assumed the position on July 1, 2020, following the resignation of the university's previous president Dr. Robert L. Barchi.[20] Holloway is Rutgers' first Black president.

At Rutgers, Holloway endorsed a climate goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040, established a public service-focused summer internship program, and commissioned a diversity strategic plan. In his first year, Holloway championed a fundraising drive that generated $10 million in private donations for student financial assistance; a year later, he expanded the initiative and set a target of raising $50 million by the end of 2024.

On April 9, 2023, three unions voted to go on the first strike by academics in the university's 257-year history, citing the lack of progress on contract talks between union representatives and university officials. As a result, classes and research were suspended.[21] [22] [23] Holloway opposed the strike and claimed during negotiations that strikes by public workers are illegal in New Jersey.[24] These claims were disputed by several scholars,[25] and the legality of public worker strikes in the state remains unclear.[26]

On September 22, 2023, the Rutgers senate passed a motion of no confidence in Holloway's leadership. The vote was 89–47 and came after several unpopular actions by Holloway, including not renewing the contract of Nancy Cantor, the popular chancellor of the school’s Newark campus, and threatening to file an injunction against Rutgers faculty during its strike.[27]

Personal life

Holloway is married to Aisling Colón, and they have a son, Ellison, and a daughter, Emerson.[6] His older brother Brian Holloway played professional football in the NFL.[5]

Publications

Books

Edited volumes

Critical editions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jonathan Holloway Named 21st President of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. 2020-01-21. Rutgers Today. en. 2020-01-21.
  2. Web site: Barnes . Kristen . Dr. Jonathan Holloway of Yale University Is the 2014 Realizing the Dream Distinguished Lecturer . Engaging Diversity at UA Crossroads . University of Alabama . 13 March 2014 . 16 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140830004100/http://crossroads.ua.edu/dr-jonathan-holloway-of-yale-university-is-the-2014-realizing-the-dream-distinguished-lecturer/ . 30 August 2014 . live .
  3. Web site: NJ.com. Adam Clark NJ Advance Media for. 2020-01-20. What you need to know about Rutgers' new president, Jonathan Holloway. 2020-07-02. nj. en.
  4. News: Huff . Donald . Holloway: In Pursuit Of Targets . The Washington Post . November 16, 1984.
  5. News: Warren . Peter . Q&A: Provost Jonathan Holloway remembers his football career at Stanford ahead of NU's game Saturday . Daily Northwestern . August 30, 2019 . February 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190915051725/https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/08/30/campus/qa-provost-jonathan-holloway-remembers-his-football-career-at-stanford-ahead-of-nus-game-saturday/ . September 15, 2019 . live .
  6. News: Holloway named next master of Calhoun College . Yale Bulletin & Calendar . 22 . March 18, 2005. 33 .
  7. Web site: NJ.com. Adam Clark NJ Advance Media for. 2020-07-01. Did Rutgers find the perfect president for 2020? Meet Jonathan Holloway, Black historian.. 2020-07-05. nj. en.
  8. Web site: Jonathan Holloway: Office of the Provost - Northwestern University. 2020-07-02. www.northwestern.edu. en. 2020-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20200702062610/https://www.northwestern.edu/provost/about/bios/jonathan-holloway.html. dead.
  9. News: Rodman . Micah . The master of Yale College . 5 September 2014 . Yale Herald . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110234850/http://yaleherald.com/news-and-features/the-master-of-yale-college/ . 10 November 2014.
  10. News: Arnsdorf . Isaac . Holloway: Charismatic, but too young? . Dean Search . Yale Daily News . 26 September 2008 . 16 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032741/http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2008/09/26/dean-search-holloway-charismatic-but-too-young/ . 17 November 2015 . live .
  11. News: HOLLOWAY: Looking back on Calhoun. 2018-06-28. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20180629021755/https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/02/13/holloway-looking-back-on-calhoun/. 2018-06-29. live.
  12. News: Lloyd-Thomas . Matthew . May 21, 2014 . Salovey Names New Deans . . live . November 16, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031703/http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/05/21/salovey-names-new-deans/ . November 17, 2015.
  13. Web site: Watson . Jamal . Two African-American Scholars Join Ranks of Deans . 22 May 2014 . Diverse: Issues in Higher Education . 16 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024932/http://diverseeducation.com/article/64446/ . 17 November 2015 . live .
  14. Web site: Madani . Doha . January 21, 2020 . Rutgers University names its first black president in 253-year history . July 1, 2020 . .
  15. News: New Videos Show How Yale Betrayed Itself by Favoring Cry-bullies. Tablet Magazine. 2017-11-11. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20171106085732/http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/213212/yale-favoring-cry-bullies. 2017-11-06. live.
  16. News: Yale Students Demand Resignations from Faculty Members Over Halloween Email - FIRE. 2015-11-06. FIRE. 2018-06-28. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20180630232828/https://www.thefire.org/yale-students-demand-resignations-from-faculty-members-over-halloween-email/. 2018-06-30. live.
  17. News: The New Intolerance of Student Activism. Friedersdorf. Conor. 2015-11-09. The Atlantic. 2018-06-28. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20180628211036/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/the-new-intolerance-of-student-activism-at-yale/414810/. 2018-06-28. live.
  18. News: Cui . Jingyi . April 6, 2018 . Holloway returns to campus, debates reparations . . 2018-07-22 .
  19. News: Lorincz . Kevin . May 26, 2022 . Holloway a Contributing Voice in New HISTORY Channel Series . Rutgers Today . . May 8, 2023.
  20. News: Freytas-Tamura . Kimiko de . January 19, 2020 . Rutgers to Name Its First Black President, School Official Says . 20 . . May 8, 2023 .
  21. News: Stack . Liam . 2023-04-10 . Rutgers University Faculty Members Strike, Halting Classes and Research . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-04-10 . 0362-4331.
  22. Web site: Reilly . Kristina Sgueglia,Elizabeth Wolfe,Artemis Moshtaghian,Liam . 2023-04-10 . 3 unions representing about 9,000 Rutgers University faculty and staff to begin historic strike over contract negotiations . 2023-04-10 . CNN . en.
  23. Web site: Racioppi . Dustin . Rutgers University workers will strike, a historic first for New Jersey's state school . 2023-04-10 . POLITICO . 9 April 2023 . en.
  24. Web site: Fox . Joey . April 10, 2023 . Rutgers faculty begins history-making strike . April 10, 2023 . New Jersey Globe .
  25. Web site: Yi . Karen . March 31, 2023 . Prominent scholars blast Rutgers president for calling looming faculty strike 'unlawful' . April 10, 2023 . .
  26. News: Biryukov . Nikita . April 13, 2023 . Little support for striking public workers in state law . New Jersey Monitor . . May 8, 2023.
  27. News: Snyder . Susan . September 22, 2023 . Rutgers University senate votes no confidence in the school's president after faculty strike and controversial changes . . September 23, 2023.

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