Renée T. White

Renée T. White is an American sociologist and academic administrator serving as the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at The New School, where she is also a tenured professor of sociology. She has held academic leadership roles at institutions including Wheaton College, Simmons University, Fairfield University, and Purdue University, and her research has addressed topics such as Black feminist theory, public health, and social policy.

Education White earned a B.A. with honors from Brown University. She completed a M.A. and a Ph.D. in sociology at Yale University, where she was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation doctoral fellowship.

On August 1, 2021, White became the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at The New School, where she also holds a tenured position as professor of sociology at The New School for Social Research. Her responsibilities include oversight of curriculum, research, academic planning, and related services. She has edited works such as Afrofuturism in Black Panther: Gender, Identity, and the Re-Making of Blackness. Additionally, she has served as editor of the Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children and Youth and as editorial advisor to the Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services.

Her professional activities have included a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship in Black film studies and participation as a Wye Faculty Fellow at the Aspen Institute. She has served on the Vision 2020 National Leadership Circle and the Chief Academic Officers Task Force of the Council of Independent Colleges from 2019 to 2021.