Charles H. Long

Charles Long has been Deputy Provost of the University since 1987, serving under 6 provosts and 4 presidents. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Rutgers University, and he earned a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. He came to Yale in 1966, and after a number of years on the faculty of the English Department, moved to the Yale College Dean's Office where he eventually became Dean of Academic Affairs. He later was appointed to the Provost’s Office, where he has been since 1983, becoming Deputy Provost of the University in 1987. During his years in the Provost’s Office, Deputy Provost Long’s responsibilities have included many academic departments and a wide variety of professional schools. His current responsibilities include shared oversight of many of the Social Sciences departments of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, as well as oversight of the professional schools of Law and Management, and the University’s core academic policies. His portfolio also includes the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies and the Center for the Study of Globalization.