Robert Weisbuch is an American academic administrator and professor. He served as the eleventh President of

Drew University Drew University is a private university in Madison, New Jersey. Drew has been nicknamed the "University in the Forest" because of its wooded campus. As of fall 2020, more than 2,200 students were pursuing degrees at the university's three scho ...

from 2005 to 2012.Drew University biography
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Biography

Weisbuch received a

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from

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...

and a

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from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

. He spent 25 years at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, where he served as chair of the Department of English, associate vice president for research, associate dean for faculty programs, and interim dean of the

Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, commonly known as the Rackham Graduate School, is the graduate school of the University of Michigan. Founded in 1912 with an endowment from Mary Rackham in 1935, the Rackham Graduate School is res ...

.Reinvention Center, Miami University
/ref> He then served as President of the

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation The Institute for Citizens & Scholars (formerly known as the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation) is a nonpartisan, non-profit based in Princeton, New Jersey that aims to strengthen American democracy by “cultivating the talent, ideas, ...

for seven years. In 2005, he became the eleventh President of

Interfaith Dialog Center
/ref> On May 2, 2012, Weisbuch announced plans to leave his position as of June 30, 2012 to devote more time to writing and scholarship. He is a member of

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.EDUCAUSE
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Bibliography

*''Emily Dickinson's Poetry'' (1975) *''Atlantic Double-Cross: American Literature and British Influence in the Age of Emerson'' (1989) Numerous essays on liberal arts and academia in Chronicle of Higher Education and elsewhere

References

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