Richard M. Locke

Richard Michael Locke (born April 22, 1959) is Dean of Apple University. Locke joined Apple after serving as the 13th provost of Brown University.[1][2] He served as provost for 7.5 years, one of the longest serving provosts of Brown University.

Richard M. Locke
Assumed office
December 2022 (2022-12)
Personal details
Born (1959-04-22) April 22, 1959
Boston, MA
SpouseZairo Cheibub (2014-present) Jessica Barton (divorced)
ChildrenJuliana (1990) Nate (1993)
Residence(s)California, U.S.
Alma materWesleyan University
University of Chicago
MIT
ProfessionCorporate Officer

Biography

The second of four children of Franca Franzaroli, Locke is a 1981 graduate of Wesleyan University and holds a PhD in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a master's degree in education from the University of Chicago.[3][4] He served as chair of MIT's Political Science Department and deputy dean in the MIT Sloan School of Management.[5][6]

Locke was named the Schreiber Family Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Brown University in January 2018.[7]

Locke currently serves as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,[8] and the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Better Work Program Advisory Committee.[9] He has also served as chair of the Academic Advisory Board at Apple Inc.[10]

For his research on fair and safe working conditions in global supply chains, Locke was awarded with an inaugural Progress Medal for Scholarship and Leadership on Fairness and Well-being by the Society for Progress in 2016.[11]

In 2014, Locke married his MIT classmate, Zairo Cheibub.

Selected publications
  • "Remaking the Italian Economy". Cornell University Press. 1995.[12]
  • "Production in the Innovation Economy". MIT Press. 2014.[13]
  • "The Promise and Limits of Private Power". Cambridge University Press. 2013.[14]
  • "Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards? Lessons from Nike". IRL Review. 2007.[15]
  • "Working in America". MIT Press. 2001.[16]
  • "Employment Relations in a Changing World Economy". MIT Press. 1995.[17]

References
  1. Knobloch, Baylor (2015-12-04). "A dynamic provost, paving the way for Brown". Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  2. Knobloch, Baylor (2015-06-01). "Richard Locke named next provost". Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  3. "Brown Daily Herald". December 4, 2015.
  4. "Locke '81 Named Director at Brown University". News @ Wesleyan. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
  5. "Richard Locke - Faculty | MIT Sloan School of Management". mitsloan.mit.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  6. #<Author:0x00007fd4fca3db98>. "Course 17 head, Sloan dean to leave MIT". The Tech. Retrieved 2018-12-16. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. "Locke named 13th provost of Brown University". Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  8. "Membership Roster". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  9. "Richard LOCKE – Better Work". betterwork.org. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  10. "Apple creates academic advisory board to oversee its Supplier Responsibility program". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  11. societyforprogress.org. "Richard M. Locke | Society for Progress". societyforprogress.org. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  12. Locke, Richard M. (1997). Remaking the Italian Economy. Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801484216.
  13. "Production in the Innovation Economy". MIT Press. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  14. "Promise and limits private power promoting labor standards global economy | Comparative politics". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  15. Locke, Richard M.; Qin, Fei; Brause, Alberto (2007). "Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards? Lessons from Nike". Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 61 (1): 3–31. doi:10.1177/001979390706100101. JSTOR 25249121. S2CID 220636876.
  16. "Working in America". The MIT Press. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  17. "Employment Relations in a Changing World Economy". The MIT Press. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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