Soyica Diggs Colbert Appointed Interim Provost at Georgetown University

Soyica Diggs Colbert has been selected to serve as interim provost and executive vice president at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

A Georgetown faculty member for more than a decade, Dr. Colbert has been serving as the inaugural vice president for interdisciplinary studies and the Idol Family Professor in the department of Black studies and the department of performing arts. Throughout her tenure, she has held several prominent leadership roles, including vice dean in the College of Arts & Sciences, chair of the department of performing arts, director of the theater and performance studies program, and director of arts initiatives. She has also served as a member of the Racial Justice Working Group and chair of the Task Force on Gender Equity

Dr. Colbert’s scholarly work focuses on African American studies, particularly nineteenth- through twenty-first-century Black culture, history, and theater. She is the author of several books, including Racial Vision: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry (Yale University Press, 2021).

“I am honored to serve in this critical role as interim provost and am grateful for the trust placed in me to work alongside Georgetown’s exceptional faculty as they make impacts inside and outside the classroom,” said Dr. Colbert. “I look forward to working with the entire main campus community as we continue to produce world-class research and train our graduates to serve the common good.”

Dr. Colbert is an alumna of Georgetown University, where she majored in English. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University in New Jersey.

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