John McGreevy | |
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Provost of Notre Dame University | |
Assumed office July 2022 | |
Preceded by | Christine Maziar (Interim) |
Dean of College of Arts and Letters | |
In office 2008 –July 1,2018 | |
Preceded by | Mark W. Roche |
Succeeded by | Sarah Mustillo |
Personal details | |
Born | 1963 (age 59–60) United States |
Alma mater | |
Academic background | |
Thesis | American Catholics and the African-American Migration, 1919–1970 (1992) |
Doctoral advisor | David M. Kennedy |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | History of American Christianity |
Institutions |
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