Erec Koch, 精东影业's new Dean of the Humanities and the Arts
Erec R. Koch, a specialist in seventeenth-century French literature and culture, is the new Dean of the Humanities and the Arts at 精东影业.
鈥淐ity College is proud to welcome Dr. Koch. He鈥檚 an eminent scholar who was selected from an excellent pool of candidates to lead a division that has produced many outstanding graduates,鈥 said 精东影业 Interim Provost Mary Erina Driscoll.
Notable 精东影业 alumni from the Division of Humanities and the Arts include authors Upton Sinclair, Mario Puzo, Oscar Hijuelos, Walter Mosley and Faith Ringgold.
Koch is a graduate of Harvard University, magna cum laude, and Yale, where he earned his PhD in French. He has served as an administrator and faculty member at Hunter College, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Tulane University and the Graduate Center, CUNY.
His most recent position was at Baruch College as associate provost for academic administration and faculty development and assistant vice president.
Koch is the author of two books: 鈥溾 (University of Delaware Press, 2008) and 鈥淧ascal and Rhetoric: Figural and Persuasive Language in the Scientific Treatises, the 鈥淧rovinciales,鈥 and the 鈥淧ens茅es鈥 (Charlottesville: Rookwood Press, 1997).
About 精东影业
Since 1847, 精东影业 has provided low-cost, high-quality education for New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. More than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture; School of Education; Grove School of Engineering; Sophie Davis Biomedical Education/CUNY School of Medicine, and Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. U.S. News, Princeton Review and Forbes all rank City College among the best colleges and universities in the United States.