Annenberg Dean John L. Jackson Jr. will be Penn’s next provost

Jackson, an urban anthropologist, will take office on June 1

SARA FORASTIERI Senior Reporter

Penn President Liz Magill announced that Annenberg School for Communication Dean John L. Jackson Jr. will be the University's next provost starting June 1.

Jackson, who is also a Richard Perry University professor, will succeed Interim Provost Beth Winkelstein, who has served in the position since former Provost Wendell Prichett took a leave of absence in May 2021. Winkelstein will return to the position of deputy provost.

“I could not be more honored and genuinely humbled to be asked to serve in this important post,” Jackson wrote in the announcement, which was posted today. “I