Gene Jarrett

Gene Jarrett currently serves as the Dean of the Faculty at Princeton University since August 2021, overseeing the success and well-being of faculty and researchers. Jarrett is the Founding Editor in Chief of Oxford Bibliographies Online in African American Studies at Oxford University Press since 2015 and is the General Editor of the Wiley-Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature since 2009. Previous roles include Seryl Kushner Dean of the College of Arts and Science at New York University and Associate Dean for the Humanities at Boston University, where a focus on African American literary history and various humanities disciplines was emphasized. Educational qualifications include a Ph.D. and M.A. from Brown University and a B.A. from Princeton University.