In June 2022, Amherst College announced that Michael A. Elliott ’92, professor of English and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University, would become its 20th president. Read more in Amherst’s press release.
Read messages to the community from Amherst College President Michael A. Elliott, and watch videos of talks and speeches.
A onetime editor of The Amherst Student is now president of his alma mater. Michael A. Elliott ’92 answers our questions about who he is, what he believes and why he came back.
Read the InterviewAs an undergraduate at Amherst College, I encountered the power of a liberal arts education to transform the lives of its students and to shape the world far beyond the campus.” — President Elliott
Michael A. Elliott ’92 is the 20th president of Amherst College. A distinguished scholar of American literature and culture of the 19th and early 20th centuries, he has published widely on the history of fiction in the United States, Native American literature, and practices of public history. He holds a B.A. from Amherst College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in English and comparative literature from Columbia University.
In this video series, President Elliott invites a member of the community to sit down and chat about all things Amherst. These short dialogues offer a connection point and snapshot of life on campus.