About Dr. McDonough

Dr. Michael J. McDonough is Raritan Valley Community College’s eighth president. He has served in this role since June 2014. Prior to joining RVCC, McDonough served as provost and vice president of academic services at Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY (2011-2014); as dean of Liberal Arts at Monroe Community College (2007-2011); and as the Fred Gertz Professor of English at Alfred University in Alfred, NY (1987-2007). He also has taught at Pennsylvania State University and Oklahoma State University.

McDonough has held a wide variety of leadership positions in a number of academic organizations, both on the national and state level. These include the College Board, as a member of the Board of Trustees and as the chair of the Academic Assembly Council; American Association of Community Colleges, member of the Commission on Research, Technology & Emerging Trends; New Jersey Presidents’ Council, chair of the Academic Issues Committee; and New Jersey Council of County Colleges, chair of the NJCC Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.

McDonough received his B.A. in Film and Drama and a Post Graduate Certification of Education from Reading University in England; an M.A. in English from Oklahoma State University; a Ph.D. in English from Pennsylvania State University; and an I.E.M. from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.