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- Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar
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- Dr. Jonathan Holloway
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Attend a lecture in the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar "At Risk U: The Past, Present, & Future of Academic Freedom" lecture series with Dr. Jonathan Holloway, the president and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation.
A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Holloway
For this event, Dr. Holloway will join Chancellor Charles L. Isbell, Jr. and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor John Coleman for a moderated conversation about their experiences and observations on the role of risk management in leadership for higher education today.
About the Speaker
Dr. Jonathan Holloway is the President and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation. Prior to joining Luce, Dr. Holloway served as the 21st President of Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey. Prior to Rutgers, he was provost of Northwestern University. Dr. Holloway served as the Dean of Yale College and Edmund S. Morgan Professor of African American Studies, History, and American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of African American History: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2023), The Cause of Freedom: A Concise History of African Americans (Oxford University Press, 2021), Confronting the Veil: Abram Harris Jr., E. Franklin Frazier, and Ralph Bunche, 1919-1941 (University of North Carolina Press, 2002), and Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory and Identity in Black America Since 1940 (University of North Carolina Press, 2013).
Dr. Holloway earned a Bachelor of Arts in American studies from Stanford University, and a PhD in history from Yale University.