Christopher Celenza

Christopher Celenza
Celenza in 2021
James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Assumed office
January 4, 2021
Preceded byBeverly Wendland
Dean of Georgetown College
In office
July 1, 2017 – 2020
Preceded byChester Gillis
Succeeded byRosario Ceballo
Director of the American Academy in Rome
In office
July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2014
Preceded byCarmela Vircillo Franklin
Succeeded byKimberly Bowes
Personal details
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
EducationUniversity at Albany, SUNY (BA, MA)
Duke University (PhD)
University of Hamburg (Dr. phil.)
Academic work
InstitutionsGeorgetown University
Johns Hopkins University
American Academy in Rome
Main interestsRenaissance history & European scholarship

Christopher S. Celenza (born 1967) is an American scholar of Renaissance history and the current James B. Knapp Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, where he is also a professor of history and classics.