David Ruth is the Provost of the University of Austin. Previously, Ruth held leadership positions as UATX’s Dean of the Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics from 2022 to 2025, and as Permanent Military Professor of Mathematics at the United States Naval Academy, where he was an award-winning teacher from 2009 to 2022. Ruth has authored several articles in a variety of statistics journals, as well as a book chapter on mathematics in cybersecurity. Prior to his academic work, Ruth led and served as a naval officer with operational experience in submarine and surface warfare, nuclear power, oceanography, and meteorology.

“I love quantitative thinking but I love people even more, and I’m excited to be at a place where those two loves are going to join.”