The California State University Los Angeles has announced the appointment of Dr. Stephen M. Trzaskoma as its new Dean of the College of Arts & Letters. He will begin on August 1st, 2022. Dr. Trzaskoma currently serves as the Director of the Center for the Humanities and Professor and former Chair of the Department of Classics, Humanities & Italian Studies at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), where he teaches ancient Greek literature, culture, and language. Throughout his 24-year career with UNH, Dr. Trzaskoma has focused on making his discipline and higher education in the arts and humanities more accessible and inclusive, particularly for members of historically marginalized communities. As the Center’s Director, he has been committed to strengthening UNH’s relationships with community partners such as the New Hampshire Indigenous Collaborative Collective and the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire. He has experience growing capacity for equitable arts and humanities collaborations between faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates from higher education institutions and communities. He holds a Ph.D. in Classical Philology and an A.M. in Classics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an A.B. in Classics and Anthology from Stanford University.