Jordan Greenwald

Hailing from a small town outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jordan moved to the Bay Area in 2010 to pursue a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. He has researched and published in the fields of American and European Romantic literature, queer studies, and ecocriticism. At Maybeck, he has taught French language as well as English literature courses, including classes on Gothic fiction, the Harlem Renaissance, and Caribbean literature. 

In his role as Dean, Jordan aims to empower students to achieve their academic goals while also centering their holistic well-being. In his spare time, he likes to hike, read, bake, study Japanese language, attend live theater and music performances, and watch horror films (from the schlockiest of B-movies to "elevated" horror). He is also a dedicated yoga practitioner, a budding gardener and antique collector, and a devoted caretaker of his cat, Swann.