David听Quigley听is Robert L. and Judith T. Provost and Dean of Faculties at Boston College where he is also听Professor of History.听 A scholar of the nineteenth-century American city,听Quigley听received his B.A. in American Studies from听Amherst听College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in History from New York University.听听Quigley research explores the history of race and democracy in the urban United States between the Revolution and Reconstruction with a particular focus on New York City.听 Among his works are听Second听Founding: 听New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy听and听Jim Crow New York: 听A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777-1877.听听Between听Amherst听and N.Y.U.,听Quigley听taught high school social studies in the New York City Public Schools at John Jay High School in听Brooklyn听in the late 1980s and early 1990s.听听
David听joined the Boston College History Department in 1998, and earned the University's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2007.听 Between 2008 and 2014, he served as听dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Boston College.听during which time he oversaw the hiring of 160 new faculty colleagues听and听helped lead the design and construction of a new 180,000-square-foot humanities building.
As听provost, he has co-chaired the University听Strategic听Planning Initiative that resulted in听Ever to Excel: Advancing Boston College's Mission听(2017) that identified academic听priorities for this decade.听 Since the Board of Trustees approved the plan, over 400听new faculty have joined the University,听programs in engineering and integrated science and society have been launched, and the听undergraduate听core听curriculum听has been renewed.听Quigley听lives in听Cambridge, Mass. with his wife听Megan听DeMott-Quigley听where they have raised听their听three听sons.
