Jonathan Holloway (historian)

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

Jonathan Holloway
21st President of Rutgers University
Assumed office
July 1, 2020
Preceded byRobert Barchi
Personal details
Born
Jonathan Scott Holloway

Hawaii, U.S.
Alma materStanford University (AB)
Yale University (PhD)

Holloway was named as the president of Rutgers University in January 2020 and assumed the position on July 1, 2020.[1] He was the Provost of Northwestern University, a position he held between August 1, 2017 and July 1, 2020. Prior to that, he was the Dean of Yale College and Edmund S. Morgan Professor of African American Studies, History, and American Studies at Yale University.

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.[6][9]

Academic career

He began his academic career at the University of California, San Diego,[9] before returning to Yale and joining its faculty in 1999. He became a full professor there in 2004.[9]

Holloway was appointed Master (now known as "Head") of Calhoun 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.[9][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.[10] 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 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.

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.[1][19] Holloway is Rutgers' first Black president.[14]

Personal life

Holloway is married to Aisling Colón, and they have two children.[6] His older brother Brian Holloway played professional football in the NFL.[5]

Publications

Books

  • Holloway, Jonathan Scott (2002). Confronting the Veil: Abram Harris, Jr., E. Franklin Frazier, and Ralph Bunche, 1919-1941. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807853437.
  • Holloway, Jonathan Scott (2013). Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory and Identity in Black America since 1940. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9781469610702.

Edited volumes

  • Holloway, Jonathan Scott; Keppel, Ben, eds. (2007). Black Scholars on the Line: Race, Social Science, and American Thought in the Twentieth Century. University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 9780268030797.

Critical editions

References
  1. "Jonathan Holloway Named 21st President of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey". Rutgers Today. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  2. Barnes, Kristen (13 March 2014). "Dr. Jonathan Holloway of Yale University Is the 2014 Realizing the Dream Distinguished Lecturer". Engaging Diversity at UA Crossroads. University of Alabama. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. NJ.com, Adam Clark | NJ Advance Media for (2020-01-20). "What you need to know about Rutgers' new president, Jonathan Holloway". nj. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  4. Huff, Donald (November 16, 1984). "Holloway: In Pursuit Of Targets". The Washington Post.
  5. Warren, Peter (August 30, 2019). "Q&A: Provost Jonathan Holloway remembers his football career at Stanford ahead of NU's game Saturday". Daily Northwestern. Archived from the original on September 15, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  6. "Holloway named next master of Calhoun College". Yale Bulletin & Calendar (Vol.33, No.22). March 18, 2005.
  7. NJ.com, Adam Clark | NJ Advance Media for (2020-07-01). "Did Rutgers find the perfect president for 2020? Meet Jonathan Holloway, Black historian". nj. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  8. "Jonathan Holloway: Office of the Provost - Northwestern University". www.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  9. Rodman, Micah (5 September 2014). "The master of Yale College". Yale Herald. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014.
  10. Arnsdorf, Isaac (26 September 2008). "Holloway: Charismatic, but too young?". Yale Daily News. Dean Search. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  11. "HOLLOWAY: Looking back on Calhoun". Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  12. Lloyd-Thomas, Matthew (21 May 2014). "Salovey Names New Deans". Yale Daily News. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  13. Watson, Jamal (22 May 2014). "Two African-American Scholars Join Ranks of Deans". Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  14. Madani, Doha. "Rutgers University names its first black president in 253-year history". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  15. "New Videos Show How Yale Betrayed Itself by Favoring Cry-bullies". Tablet Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  16. "Yale Students Demand Resignations from Faculty Members Over Halloween Email - FIRE". FIRE. 2015-11-06. Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  17. Friedersdorf, Conor (2015-11-09). "The New Intolerance of Student Activism". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  18. "Holloway returns to campus, debates reparations". Archived from the original on 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  19. Freytas-Tamura, Kimiko de (2020-01-19). "Rutgers to Name Its First Black President, School Official Says". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
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