Adam S. Weinberg is one of the most popular and richest Sociologist who was born on January 12, 1965 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. On July 1, 2013 Weinberg became the 20th President of Denison University. During his tenure as the university’s president, there has been significant expansion of the curriculum with a new generation academic programs, global programs, and a deepening of the arts, including the construction of the Michael D. Eisner Center for the Performing Arts; a reinvention of career exploration with the launching of the Austin E. Knowlton Center for Career Exploration; and a campus wide focus on mentorship, as a defining feature of a liberal arts education.
Weinberg is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations’s Higher Education Working Group on Global Issues and the Talloires Network. Also, Weinberg is a member of the Columbus Partnership, that works to promote economic development in the Columbus, Ohio region. and the Council on Competitiveness. Weinberg has sat on many boards including The Midland Theater, The Works, I Know I Can, The Great Lakes College Association, and The Ohio Foundation for Independent Colleges. While at World Learning, he was on the boards of InterAction and The Alliance of International and Cultural Exchange. He is the founding member of the Boys & Girls Club of Newark (Oh), and he is a co-founding member of Democracy Matters.
From 2006 to 2009 Weinberg served as the Provost and Executive Vice President of World Learning. From 2009 to 2013, he served as the organization’s President and CEO. Founded in 1932, World Learning is an international nonprofit organization based in Brattleboro, Vermont, that focuses on international development, education, and exchange programs.
In 1995 Weinberg joined the faculty at Colgate University as an assistant professor in the sociology and anthropology department, eventually becoming an associate professor. From 2002 to 2005 he served as Vice President and Dean of the College. He was a founding director of Partnership for Community Development, focused on economic development and quality of life issues in the town and village of Hamilton and helped found the university’s Center for Outreach, Volunteerism and Education. He was named a Phi Eta Sigma Professor of the Year and was honored with a Maroon Citation by the Colgate Alumni Corporation.
In 2017 Weinberg received the Career Services Champion Award from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
