Biography

Jonathan Holloway, a U.S. historian, is University Professor at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey. He served as the 21st president of Rutgers from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2025. He will become the President and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation on October 1, 2025. Holloway’s scholarly work specializes in the post-emancipation United States with a focus on social and intellectual history. He is the author of several books, most recently The Cause of Freedom: A Concise History of African Americans. Prior to the presidency at Rutgers, Holloway was provost of Northwestern University from 2017 to 2020 and a member of the faculty of Yale University from 1999 to 2017. At Yale, he served as Dean of Yale College and the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of African American Studies, History, and American Studies. He received a bachelor’s degree with honors in American studies from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in history from Yale University. Holloway serves on the boards of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Institute of International Education. He is a Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations.