Richard Michael Locke (born April 22, 1959) is Dean of Apple University.

The second of four children of Franca Franzaroli, Locke is a 1981 graduate of Wesleyan University and holds a PhD in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a master's degree in education from the University of Chicago.

[6][7] Locke was named the Schreiber Family Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Brown University in January 2018.

[10] He has also served as chair of the Academic Advisory Board at Apple Inc.[11] For his research on fair and safe working conditions in global supply chains, Locke was awarded with an inaugural Progress Medal for Scholarship and Leadership on Fairness and Well-being by the Society for Progress in 2016.

[12] Locke left his position at Brown in December 2022 to become vice president and dean of Apple University.