Rhode Island Council for the Humanities

RICH Board Member

David Lux, Ph.D. is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Bryant University. Between 2002 and 2007, Dean Lux had primary administrative responsibility for the organizational transformation of the College of Arts and Sciences. His accomplishments during this period of growth include the establishment of a Study Abroad office, the introduction of six new undergraduate majors in the College of Arts and Sciences, the hiring of more than 30 tenure-track faculty, the upgrade and reconfiguration of Bryant's Enterprise Software, and the development and implementation of university-wide programming for first- and second-year students. Dean Lux is published widely in countless academic and professional journals and has presented his work nationally and internationally. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Rhode Island Historical Society, the Newell D. Goff Institute for Ingenuity and Enterprise, and on the Steering Committee of the Rhode Island Independent Higher Education Association. Dean Lux holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Michigan, where he also earned undergraduate and masters degrees in history.