Dr. Dean Snyder serves as the Dean of Faculty and Principle Academic Officer at Antioch College, where he provides strategic and visionary leadership for the College’s academic programs. Reporting to the President, Dr. Snyder is responsible for oversight of academic personnel, curriculum, operations, and resources, including the Office of Academic Affairs, Office of the Registrar, Institutional Research, Olive Kettering Library / Educational Technology, and all faculty. As Antioch’s Principle Academic Officer, Dr. Snyder ensures institutional compliance with federal and state regulations and regional accreditation standards. 

Dr. Snyder holds a Ph.D. in political science from Syracuse University and an associate professorship in political economy at Antioch College. As a scholar-teacher, Dr. Snyder has research and teaching interests across a range of topics, including the political economy of food and agriculture, media and technology, social enterprise, and the environment. 

As an academic leader, Dr. Snyder believes in the transformative power of the applied liberal arts, interdisciplinary inquiry, cooperative education, and the Federal Work College model. In his previous role as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Snyder led the faculty through general education revisions that improved the first-year experience, strengthened the ties between faculty and student life staff, and foregrounded Antioch’s mission in the curriculum. 

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, Syracuse University, 2015

M.A., Political Science, Syracuse University, 2009

B.A., Political Science, Lehigh University, 2005

Awards

2018 – Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education, Excellence in Teaching Award

2016 – Mellon Globalization Fellowship, Great Lakes College Association

2016 – Stephen Eric Bronner Dissertation Award, American Political Science Association, Critical Political Science Section

Selected Publications

1. Snyder, “Surplus Value,” in Clyde W. Barrow, ed., Encyclopedia of Critical Political Science, (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024)
2. Snyder, “David Harvey,” in Clyde W. Barrow, ed., Encyclopedia of Critical Political Science, (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024)
3. Snyder, “Paul A. Baran,” in Clyde W. Barrow, ed., Encyclopedia of Critical Political Science, (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024)
4. Snyder & M. Guardino, “The Green New Deal and a New Politics of Consumption,” Jacobinmag.org, (March 2020)
5. Guardino & D. Snyder, “The Capitalist Advertising and Marketing Complex: A Political Materialist Analysis,” New Political Science 39:4 (December 2017) 
6. Guardino & D. Snyder,  “The Tea Party and the Crisis of Neoliberalism: Mainstreaming New Right Populism in the Corporate News Media,” New Political Science 34:4 (December 2012); republished in Claire Snyder-Hall & Cynthia Burack, eds., Right-Wing Populism and the Media (New York: Routledge, 2014)