Dwight A. McBride

Dr. Dwight A. McBride is Gerald Early Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies and Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also serves as Executive Director of CRE2 and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor. An American Academy of Arts and Sciences inductee (2022), his scholarly work explores race, Black studies, and identity politics through literary and cultural analysis.

He is co-founder/editor of James Baldwin Review and founding co-editor of the 'New Black Studies Series' at University of Illinois Press, which has published over 50 titles. Previously, he served as President of The New School and Provost at Emory University. His interdisciplinary leadership includes co-directing the Academic Leadership Institute to advance diversity in higher education.