 | Jonathan Holloway |
President Richard C. Levin has appointed Jonathan Holloway, professor of African American studies, history and American studies, as the next master of Calhoun College.
Holloway, who is currently on academic leave from the University as a fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, will begin his five-year term on July 1.
Holloway, who earned his doctorate at Yale in 1995, is a scholar of post-emancipation American history. His major book, "Confronting the Veil: Abram Harris Jr., E. Franklin Frazier, and Ralph Bunche 1919-1941," tells the story of three young black intellectual-activists who criticized the NAACP for its cautious civil rights agenda, and who saw in the turmoil of the Great Depression an opportunity to advocate class-based solutions to what were considered racial problems.
His most recent book, published this month, is an annotation and introduction of Ralph Bunche's previously unpublished "A Brief and Tentative Analysis of Negro Leadership." Holloway is now working on a new book, titled "Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory, Identity and Politics in Black America, 1941-2000," which is under contract to the University of North Carolina Press. He is also the author of many essays and reviews, and is the editor (with Ben Keppel) of a soon-to-be-published anthology titled "Black Scholars on the Line: Social Science and American Thought in the 20th Century."
Holloway was an All-American football player at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland. He was recruited as an undergraduate to Stanford University by Tom Beckett, then associate director of athletics at Stanford and now director of athletics at Yale, and he played as an outside linebacker on Stanford's football team. Holloway graduated from Stanford in 1989 and came to Yale to study history. After receiving his doctorate, he taught for four years at the University of California in San Diego before returning to Yale as an assistant professor in 1999.
His wife, Aisling Colon, will serve as associate master of Calhoun College. An English major at Georgetown University, Colon has worked as an event planner for the Oracle Corporation. She has also modeled; sang and danced for a touring big band called Doc Scantlin and his Imperial Palms Orchestra; and acted on stage and on screen.
The couple have two children: a daughter, Emerson (named after Ralph Waldo Emerson), who is nearly 5 years old; and a son, Ellison (named after Ralph Waldo Ellison), who is nearly 2. Joining the family in their new home will be two dogs: Tyssie (a shepherd mix) and Malasada (a lab mix).
In his letter announcing Holloway's appointment, Levin thanked the search committee, noting: "Their deep understanding of the ethos of the college was helpful to me throughout this process." The committee was chaired by Glenda E. Gilmore, the Peter V. & C. Vann Woodward Professor of History and professor of American studies and African American studies, and included Charles A. Greer, Deborah G. Thomas, Ethan L. Hutt, Danielle M. Lespinasse, Sailaja M. Paidipaty, Jeffrey B. Shackelton and Nicole J. Shiflett.
Levin also expressed his gratitude to William and Betsy Sledge, the current master and associate master of Calhoun, "who for a decade made Calhoun such a wonderful home to many." He noted in particular William Sledge's "energy, organizational skills, high principles, creativity, psychological insight, fairness and sense of humor" and Betsy Sledge's "passion for the arts [which] helped make it a warm and 'happening' place."
The president added, "Both Sledges gave unstintingly of their time and care to individual students, to the staff of the college, to the fellowship, and to the entire Calhoun family. We thank them for their extraordinary contributions."
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