President (through Aug 2023) at The New School. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.
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1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$624K
Others who share this name
1
Who this is
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Reported as President (through Aug 2023) of The New School, based in New York, NY.
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Received $624K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Biography Web-sourced
Dwight A. McBride, PhD, is an American academic administrator and scholar of African American and literary studies.
He served as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Emory University (2017-2020) and was the ninth president of The New School (2020-2023). He is currently a distinguished professor and advisor to the chancellor at Washington University in St.
Louis.
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Tenure here
2017-2020 (at Emory)
Education
Princeton University · Bachelor's Degree in English and African American Studies
UCLA · Master's Degree in English
UCLA · PhD in English
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James Baldwin Now
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Impossible Witnesses: Truth, Abolitionism, and Slave Testimony
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Why I Hate Abercrombie and Fitch: Essay on Race and Sexuality
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Black Like Us: A Century of Gay, Lesbian, and Bi-Sexual African American Fiction
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The New SchoolPresident (through Aug 2023) · $588.1M revenue · New York, NYTHE NEW SCHOOL'S MISSION IS TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND, CONTRIBUTE TO, AND SUCCEED IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING SOCIETY, AND THUS MAKE THE WORLD…pay $547K → $624KFiled FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$624Kreported comp
Disambiguation
Other people named Dwight a McBride
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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org
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