Michael S. Roth

Michael S. Roth
16th President of Wesleyan University
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1, 2007
Preceded by	Douglas J. Bennet
8th President of California College of the Arts
In office 2000–2007
Preceded by	Lorne Michael Buchman
Succeeded by	Stephen Beal
Personal details
Born	(1957-04-08) April 8, 1957 (age 67) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Spouse	Kari Weil
Education	Wesleyan University (BA) Princeton University (PhD)
Profession	Professor, academic administrator
Website	Roth on Wesleyan

Michael Scott Roth (born April 8, 1957) is an American academic and university administrator. He became the 16th president of Wesleyan University in 2007. Formerly, he was the 8th president of the California College of the Arts (2000–2007), associate director of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, and Director of European Studies at Claremont Graduate University. He was also the H.B. Professor of Humanities at Scripps College, where he was the founding director of the Scripps College Humanities Institute.^[1]