University President Anthony Monaco yesterday in an email to the Tufts community announced the selection of David Harris as the university's next provost and senior vice president.
Harris is an expert on race and ethnicity, social stratification and public policy. He is currently senior associate dean at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences.
He has previously served as former deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as Cornell's first vice provost for social sciences, the first deputy provost of the university, interim senior vice provost for research and as interim provost. He was also previously associate chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan and is the founding director of Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences.
"He has an exceptional record of scholarship and academic leadership at Cornell, one of this country's great research universities," Monaco said in his email to the community. "He is committed to the core values that define Tufts as an institution of academic excellence and global impact, including active citizenship, access and diversity."
According to a Tufts University press release, Harris already feels a connection to Tufts.
"I feel a strong kinship with Tufts, from its founding traditions of liberal arts, social justice, practicality, inclusiveness and internationalism, to its contemporary commitments to access, enhanced research and strategic management," Harris said.
His position is effective July 1.
