Richard Michael Locke (born April 22, 1959) is Dean of Apple University. Locke joined Apple after serving as the 13th provost of

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. He served as provost for 7.5 years, one of the longest serving provosts of Brown University.

Biography

The second of four children of Franca Franzaroli, Locke is a 1981 graduate of

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and holds a PhD in political science from the

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, as well as a master's degree in education from the

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. He served as chair of MIT's Political Science Department and deputy dean in the

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. Locke was named the Schreiber Family Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Brown University in January 2018. Locke currently serves as a member of the

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, and the

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(ILO) and the

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(IFC) Better Work Program Advisory Committee. He has also served as chair of the Academic Advisory Board at

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For his research on fair and safe working conditions in global supply chains, Locke was awarded with an inaugural Progress Medal for Scholarship and Leadership on Fairness and Well-being by the Society for Progress in 2016. In 2014, Locke married his MIT classmate
Zairo Cheibub

Selected publications

* "Remaking the Italian Economy". ''Cornell University Press''. 1995. * "Production in the Innovation Economy". ''MIT Press''. 2014. * "The Promise and Limits of Private Power". ''Cambridge University Press.'' 2013. * "Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards? Lessons from Nike". ''IRL Review''. 2007. * "Working in America". ''MIT Press''. 2001. * "Employment Relations in a Changing World Economy". ''MIT Press''. 1995.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Locke, Richard M. 1959 births Living people MIT Sloan School of Management faculty Brown University faculty Wesleyan University alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni University of Chicago alumni MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences faculty