FAIRFIELD – Richard Greenwald, PhD, has been appointed the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield  University, it was announced recently. Greenwald will join Fairfield on July 1. He previously served as dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.

Before serving as dean at Brooklyn College, he was an executive dean at St. Joseph’s College in New York, and the chair and founding director of the Business Students Program and Director of University Partnerships at Drew University, among many other appointments. He has been a teacher of history, business and sociology since 1995, and received his PhD in American history from New York University in 1998 – a degree that added to his existing master’s from NYU and a bachelor’s degree in history, with honors, from Queens College, CUNY.

“Dr. Greenwald will be a tremendous addition to the strong team at Fairfield,” said Mark Nemec, PhD, president-elect of Fairfield University and incoming member of the Politics Department. “I am excited to work with Rich as we continue to promote innovation in the College, and continue to build upon Fairfield’s reputation for excellence in the liberal arts and sciences.”

Named by The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the leading “higher-education thought leaders,” Greenwald’s scholarship and writings have been published in major national outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Boston Globe, and New York Daily News, among others.