Timothy J. Brown, Ph.D., is the Dean of the College of Arts & Humanities (CAH) and a Professor of Communication Studies.  He has 25 years of leadership experience spanning public and private, four-year and two-year, large and small institutions.  Dr. Brown is a rhetorical scholar whose research, teaching, and consulting focus on the intersection of culture, communication, and identity.  He has over 20 publications and has made over 100 presentations in his career.  In his award-winning book, No One Cheers for Goliath, Dr. Brown shares his servant-leadership approach to chronicle his journey as a first-generation African American college student to academic dean. 

As Dean, Dr. Brown provides strategic leadership and direct supervision of the CAH’s faculty, staff, and programs, in addition to, Eastern University’s AA online degree.  Under his leadership, the CAH will launch its first graduate program, the M.A. in AI Innovation.  His duties also include the administrative oversight of the University’s General Education Program (on campus and online).  In addition, he co-chairs Eastern University’s AI Work Group that provides guidance in the ethical and responsible integration of AI into the curriculum and university systems.  

In his discipline, Dr. Brown represents the Communication Administration Interest Group for the Eastern Communication Association where he also serves on its Finance Committee and Executive Council.  Previously, he served as a Team Leader for the National Communication Association’s Learning Outcomes in Communication Project that was funded by the Lumina Foundation.  Among his honors includes being named a Distinguished Teaching Fellow and a Distinguished Research Fellow by the Eastern Communication Association and receiving West Chester University’s Drum Major for Justice Award.  He earned his B.A. and M.A. in Communication Studies from West Chester University and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Ohio University.