Andrew Rich
{{Short description|American political scientist and incoming president of Franklin & Marshall College}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Andrew-Owen-Rich.png
| title = President of Franklin & Marshall College
| order = 17th
| termstart = July 12, 2025
| predecessor = Barbara K. Altmann
| occupation = Political scientist, college administrator, academic
| children =
| birth_place =
| birth_date =
| awards = Truman Scholar
| spouse = Joel Allen
| office1 = CEO of the Truman Foundation
| term1 = 2011-2019
| title2 = President and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute
| term2 = 2009-2011
| caption = City College of New York official portrait
| alma_mater = University of Richmond (BA)
Yale University (PhD)
}}
Andrew Owen Rich is an American political scientist, academic, and college administrator. Rich has served as Dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership since February 2019{{Cite web |date=2019-01-31 |title=Andrew Rich named Dean of CCNY’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership |url=https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/andrew-rich-named-dean-ccnys-colin-powell-school-civic-and-global-leadership |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=The City College of New York |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |title=Andrew Rich at Friends of the Truman Foundation |url=https://www.friendsoftruman.org/andrew_rich |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Friends of the Truman Foundation |language=en}} and is the incoming 17th President of Franklin & Marshall College, taking office in July 2025.{{Cite web |title=Andrew Rich, Dean of CCNY’s Colin Powell School, Appointed President of Franklin & Marshall College |url=https://www.fandm.edu/stories/andrew-rich-appointed-president-of-franklin-and-marshall-college.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Franklin and Marshall College |language=en}}
Early life and education
= Education =
Rich graduated from the University of Richmond in 1992 with a bachelor of arts in political science. In 1991, Rich received a Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
After graduating from Richmond, Rich received his doctorate in political science from Yale University in 1999.{{Cite web |date=2015-08-02 |title=Andrew Rich |url=https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/profiles/andrew-rich |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=The City College of New York |language=en-us}} His dissertation was entitled Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise.
Rich later published Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise through Cambridge University Press in 2004.{{efn|{{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Andrew |url=https://assets.cambridge.org/isbn13/97805218/30294/sample/9780521830294ws.pdf |title=Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2004}}}}{{cite journal |last1=McGann |first1=James G. |title=Review of Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise |journal=Perspectives on Politics |date=2005 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=385–386 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3688067 |access-date=20 March 2025 |issn=1537-5927}}{{cite journal |last1=Medvetz |first1=Thomas |title=Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise |journal=The Journal of Politics |date=2007 |volume=69 |issue=1 |pages=271–273 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00524.x |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00524.x |access-date=20 March 2025 |issn=0022-3816|url-access=subscription }}
Career
After graduating from Yale, Rich was a professor at Wake Forest University from 1999 to 2003. Rich has taught at the City College of New York since 2003, serving as chair of the political science department.
In February 2025, the Franklin & Marshall College Board of Trustees announced Rich would succeed retiring president Barbara K. Altmann, who has served in the role since 2018.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-06 |title=Franklin & Marshall College names City College of New York dean as 17th president |url=https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/franklin-marshall-college-names-city-college-of-new-york-dean-as-17th-president/article_f6ebb5c6-e4a7-11ef-8db2-37a10c75683c.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=LancasterOnline |language=en}}
Personal life
Rich has been married to his husband, Joel, for 30 years. Joel Allen is a professor of history and classics at the City University of New York.{{Cite web |title=Allen, Joel |url=https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/joel-allen |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.gc.cuny.edu |language=en}}
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Category:21st-century American academics
Category:21st-century American social scientists
Category:Franklin & Marshall College faculty
Category:Wake Forest University faculty
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Category:Presidents of Franklin & Marshall College
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