Richard Warch (August 4, 1939 – September 14, 2013) was an American professor, ordained minister and academic.
From 1968 to 1977, Warch was a member of the faculty in the history and American studies departments at Yale University, and served as associate dean in his last year.
In the fall of 1977, he served as vice president for academic affairs and professor of history at Lawrence University.
In June 1999, Warch was named to the executive committee of the Annapolis Group, an association of more than 100 of America's leading liberal arts colleges.
He is the author of the book School of the Prophets: Yale College, 1710–1740, co-edited the volume John Brown in the Prentice-Hall Great Lives Observed Series, and has addressed a wide variety of issues facing higher education in numerous published articles, reviews, and commentaries.