Jonathan Holloway (historian)

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. 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. In an email to students on September 17, 2024 Holloway announced his resignation stating that the 2024–2025 academic year will be his final year as university president and he would not seek a contract extension. Provided by Wikipedia