David A. Reingold (born 1968) is an American sociologist and higher education administrator. He is the Senior Vice President for Policy Planning and the Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University on the West Lafayette campus where he is a professor of sociology.
David A. Reingold | |
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 David A. Reingold | |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Nationality | U.S. |
| Spouse | Lynn Hooker |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago and University of Wisconsin at Madison |
| Doctoral advisor | William Julius Wilson and Mark Granovetter and Richard Taub |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Purdue University and Indiana University |
Education and career
editDavid Reingold was born in 1968 in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood. He attended the University of Chicago Laboratory High School and received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his master's and doctorate from the University of Chicago’s Department of Sociology.
He became an assistant professor at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs in 1997, an associate professor with tenure in 2003, a professor in 2009. He was also a visiting professor at Central European University, School of Public Policy in 2013-2015.
In 2006, he was named Director of Public Affairs and Public Policy Ph.D. Programs in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
In 2008, Reingold was named Executive Associate Dean for the School of Public and Environmental Affairs for the campus at Indiana University Bloomington.
In 2015, he was named Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University on the West Lafayette campus and professor of sociology.
In 2023, he was appointed Senior Vice President for Policy Planning[1] at Purdue University.
University leadership
editAs Senior Vice President for Policy Planning, Reingold continues his oversight of Purdue's Civics Literacy[2] graduation requirement, which he has led for all Purdue campuses since its adoption in 2021. Also in his portfolio are Purdue's commitment to freedom of expression and inquiry, Purdue@DC which represents the university's coordinated effort on research, teaching, and service in the nation's capitol, and a critical thinking initiative. In June 2024, Purdue's Trustees reaffirmed the University's commitment to institutional neutrality as defined in a 1966 resolution incorporating the principles outlined in the University of Chicago's Kalven Report.[3]
In December 2014, Purdue University announced it had named Reingold the next dean of its College of Liberal Arts. He assumed office on March 1, 2015, as the Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University.[4] A letter to the College's faculty and staff set the tone for his administration later that spring.[5]
Launched in fall 2017[6] as a 15-credit certificate program, a new Cornerstone program established a faculty-taught first year sequence to fulfill core curriculum requirements in oral and written communication built around transformative texts, among the greatest that has been said and written. Cornerstone has gained significant notice in the higher education press.[7] [8] [9] [10] Reingold advocated for the importance of general education classes at large research universities, referencing Cornerstone, in an op-ed for the Washington Post. [11]
Other key initiatives of his administration include Degree+, which allows students to earn a B.A. along with their B.S. and complete both in four years; advancing Purdue’s commitment to affordability with the initial Degree in 3 program; Empowering Excellence, a broad program to support faculty research; and a graduate student initiative, which provides a better balance between research and teaching, redistributes resources to allow for more competitive stipends, and better prepares graduate students for professional success.
Reingold led a successful effort to launch a bachelor of arts degree in music at Purdue, a first for the university. The Purdue Board of Trustees approved the new major in April 2021,[12] followed by the Indiana Commission on Higher Education in May. [13] Students pursuing the degree will focus on music technology or general music studies.
In February 2022, Purdue approved two degrees in artificial intelligence, a bachelor of arts from the Department of Philosophy and a bachelor of science from the Department of Computer Science.[14] The jointly developed degrees were a product of a Lilly Endowment Inc. planning grant to create a model program focused on developing curriculum around professional ethics at the intersection of the liberal arts and technological innovation. Reingold served as principal investigator for the project.
In October 2022, the Trustees approved an investment of $46.6M for the restoration of University Hall and significant renovations in Beering and Stanley Coulter halls, all housing units of the College of Liberal Arts. The oldest building on Purdue’s campus, University Hall will reopen in fall 2025 as the new front door of the College of Liberal Arts featuring classrooms and student-focused study and collaboration spaces. [15]
In 2021, Reingold effectively shuttered Purdue's creative writing program and its literary journal, Sycamore Review, which depends upon graduate students who staff the magazine. He did this by denying the department enough graduate students to keep the program afloat. [16] Reingold's public statement claimed that the department had overspent its 2020-21 graduate budget and made additional commitments that would not allow for the admission of new graduate students in Fall 2022, despite no reduction in the department's graduate education budget from 2021-22 to 2022-23. He maintained that the English Department faculty and leadership will determine the future of the program and the literary journal. [17] [18] His claim that this was financially necessary was disputed by the English faculty and department. [19]
Public service
editFrom 2002-04 he was Director of the Office of Research and Policy Development for the U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service[20] in Washington D.C. He is a founding director of the Community Investment Fund of Indiana,[21] a state-wide community development financial institution.
References
edit- ^ Service, Purdue News. "Purdue announces new Dean of the College of Science and other leadership updates". www.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ^ "Civics Literacy". Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ "Trustees reaffirm Purdue's long-standing commitment to institutional neutrality". News. 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ "David A. Reingold named as dean of the College of Liberal Arts". December 22, 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ Bangert, Dave. "Bangert: Are liberal arts 2nd class at Purdue?". Journal and Courier. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ Reporter, BRAD PUSHKAR Summer (22 June 2017). "Liberal Arts looks to build STEM majors' communication skills". Purdue Exponent. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "The need to combine business and liberal arts education (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "Advocates share war and success stories at 'Inside Higher Ed' event". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ Mcmurtie, Beth (2019-11-04). "Can You Get Students Interested in the Humanities Again? These Colleges May Have It Figured Out". The Chronicle of Higher Education. ISSN 0009-5982. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ Cassuto, Leonard (2019-11-10). "A Modern Great Books Solution to the Humanities' Enrollment Woes". The Chronicle of Higher Education. ISSN 0009-5982. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ Reingold, David (2018-09-20). "Liberal arts shouldn't be an afterthought at large research universities". Washington Post.
- ^ Box, Terri (2021-04-09). "Purdue trustees approve bachelor's degree in music | WBIW". Retrieved 2021-12-30.
- ^ Reporter, RAY COUTURE Summer (13 May 2021). "Purdue's B.A. in music given go-ahead from state commission". Purdue Exponent. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
- ^ Reporter, SARA GLACKEN Staff (2022-02-04). "Board of Trustees plan to create new AI degree, research facility". Purdue Exponent. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ "Trustees OK $56.6M to renovate three academic halls, libraries; endorse recommendations from Classroom Master Plan". News. 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ "Purdue English's Uncertain Future".
- ^ "Purdue English Department will pause its grad school recruitment". WLFI News. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
- ^ "Purdue English's uncertain future". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
- ^ "UPDATE: CLA Dean blames English department for budgeting problems". 8 December 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Corporation for National & Community Service". Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Community Investment Fund of Indiana - Capitalizing Indiana". Community Investment Fund of Indiana. Retrieved 2023-08-30.