Richard Veit

Richard F. Veit, Ph.D. serves as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Monmouth University. An experienced academic leader, he previously served as Associate and Interim Dean of Monmouth’s Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences. He received his BA summa cum laude from Drew University, his MA from the College of William and Mary and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.  Dr. Veit’s research focuses on the historical archaeology of the Middle Atlantic Region from the 17th through 19th centuries. Two of his books, Digging New Jersey’s Past (Rutgers 2002) and New Jersey: A History of the Garden State (co-edited with Maxine Lurie; Rutgers 2012)) are listed on the New Jersey State library’s 101 Great New Jersey books list.  He is President of the Society for Historical Archaeology, past-chair of the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology and serves as a gubernatorial appointee to the New Jersey Historical Commission. His research has been featured in PBS documentaries, on NPR’s academic minute, and in Archaeology Magazine and he has been a TED speaker.