Howard Marchitello Named University Professor

The Rutgers University Board of Governors appointed Howard Marchitello, a Rutgers University–Camden professor of English, a University Professor.

President Jonathan Holloway recommended Marchitello be named a University Professor in recognition of his far-reaching contributions to Rutgers-Camden. Previously dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Marchitello has served as a faculty member and in a variety of leadership positions since joining Rutgers-Camden in 2009.

Marchitello was chair of the Department of English from 2009 to 2012, associate dean for research and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences from 2012 to 2016, senior associate dean for research and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences from 2017 to 2018 and, most recently, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Under his tenure as dean, the unit embarked upon strategic hiring initiatives that provided an influx of promising young scholars from diverse backgrounds, conceived new degree-granting programs, increased graduate enrollment and promoted the pursuit and procurement of highly competitive grants and other significant research activity.

As a professor, Marchitello is widely respected for his scholarly work on the relationship between the cultures of literature and science in the 16th and 17th centuries. He has authored and edited numerous influential volumes with Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press, among others. He also has advanced public humanities through his service on the board of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and won approval to relocate the home of this statewide entity on the Rutgers University-Camden campus.

As a University Professor, Marchitello has the privilege of teaching and conducting research across disciplines, schools and campuses of Rutgers University.