Jonathan Holloway became Provost of Northwestern University on August 1, 2017. He is Northwestern University's Chief Academic Officer and an ex officio member of the faculty of each school. Provost Holloway specializes on post-emancipation United States history with a focus on social and intellectual history. The author of many books, Provost Holloway was recently elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. He is also the first black Dean of Yale College, as well as Northwestern's first black Provost.