He spoke eloquently throughout his career about the importance and value of diversity, noting that while people often talk about diversity as being important for marginalized communities, it is something that benefits all of us. to achieve prominence as a European history scholar, and he provided encouragement and mentorship for other minority scholars. Stovall was among the first African Americans in the U.S. He was an experienced and capable administrator and a highly regarded historian and public intellectual with a fierce commitment to social justice and the advancement of minority scholars.” “He came to Fordham in July 2020, and during his too-brief tenure brought tremendous intellectual acumen, energy, and gravitas to the role. McShane, S.J., President of Fordham University, said in a statement. “A man of deep conviction and penetrating insight, Tyler was a great mind, a great heart, and a kind and generous colleague,” Joseph M. At the time of his death, Stovall was serving as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Fordham University in New York City. In addition to his time at UC Santa Cruz, Stovall’s long and distinguished career found him serving as president of the American Historical Association and as a visiting professor at the Université de Polynésie Française in Tahiti, as well as taking teaching positions at Ohio State University and as both a professor of French history and dean of the Undergraduate Division of the College of Letters and Science at UC Berkeley. “We knew Tyler as a skilled educator and as a thoughtful, generous, and kind colleague. “An insightful scholar and author dedicated to social justice and the advancement of minority scholars, Tyler touched the lives of countless students, faculty and staff in his nearly two decades on our campus,” Chancellor Cynthia Larive and Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Kletzer said in a joint campus message. His tenure as Dean of Humanities at UC Santa Cruz lasted from 2014-2020. Stovall was a faculty member of the UC Santa Cruz Humanities Division for 13 years, including three years serving as the chair of the History Department and provost of Stevenson College. Stovall was the author of 10 books and various articles on modern French history, with a focus on labor, colonialism, race, with his latest- White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea- published in early 2021. Tyler Stovall, a renowned historian, professor, and former Dean of Humanities at UC Santa Cruz, died Dec.
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