Historian and Administrator Is Named Provost

The search for a new academic leader for the College is over: Peter Bardaglio has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs, assuming the position that James Malek left last August. A faculty member at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, since 1983, Bardaglio has extensive experience in administration and teaching. Most recently Goucher’s interim vice president and academic dean, he has taught history as well as interdisciplinary courses in the honors, peace studies, and first year seminar programs. Administratively, he has been history department chair, associate director and acting director of the honors program, and director of the first year seminar program.

"I am very pleased that Dr. Bardaglio has decided to join the Ithaca College community," said Ithaca College president Peggy R. Williams in announcing the appointment. "He comes with the enthusiastic recommendation of the search committee and broad support from across the campus. He will bring strong academic leadership to us at a time when we need to implement critical academic dimensions of the institutional plan, and he has an admirable record on diversity issues as well as experience in developing close working relationships between academic affairs and student affairs."

"In addition to having an excellent grasp of the issues facing higher education at schools such as Ithaca, he brings an outstanding record of scholarship to this position," added professor of music Kim Dunnick, who chaired the provost search committee.

Bardaglio has two books and numerous honors in education to his credit. As a scholar, he has published in the fields of American southern and legal history, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Bardaglio says he hopes to build upon the interdisciplinary programs already in place at the College and to focus on increasing faculty diversity. "Exposing students to multiple perspectives," he says, "is a critical part of the intellectual experience." Bardaglio earned a bachelor’s degree in history and English from Brown University, and master’s and doctoral degrees in history from Stanford University.