Rev. Anthony R. Grasso, C.S.C., Ph.D.

Associate V.P., Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty & Professor of English
King’s College
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

The Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at King’s College, Fr. Grasso is also a professor of English there. He has been a member of the faculty at King’s since 1985, and served as the College’s Religious Superior of the Holy Cross Community from 2000-2006.

Fr. Grasso began his undergraduate studies at Stonehill College as a candidate for the Congregation of Holy Cross. He continued his studies at the University of Notre Dame where he earned a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in English in 1973. After spending a year teaching high school in Bridgeport, Connecticut Fr. Grasso returned to Notre Dame and was awarded a master’s degree in theology (M.Th.) in 1977. He was ordained to the priesthood the following year.

In the 1980s, Fr. Grasso pursued further graduate studies in English at the University of Toronto where first he received a master’s degree (M.A.) and then his doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) in that discipline in 1985. 

Fr. Grasso serves as national chaplain of the Delta Epsilon Sigma honor society and as a member of the Northeast Regional board of the Conference on Christianity and Literature.