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Portrait of Dean/Director William MacDonald on campus McConnell Hall in the background and yellow leaves on the trees in the fall.

William L. MacDonald

The dean and director provides leadership for the Newark campus in academic programming and research; in student, faculty, and staff recruitment, retention, and development; and in financial resource management and development.

William L. MacDonald joined the faculty of The Ohio State University at Newark in 1992, and has served as dean/director for Ohio State Newark since 2004. He served as executive dean of the regional campuses from 2010 to 2019. His research interests include religion, gender, race and class. Bill earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Bowling Green State University in 1992 and is an associate professor in Ohio State's Department of Sociology.