Curtis Calvin Rice (born 1962) is an American-born Norwegian linguist and the rector of Oslo Metropolitan University and formerly of its predecessor institution, Oslo and Akershus University College. Rice is the first rector of his institution who was not elected. He began his rectorship on 1 August 2015. A major issue of his tenure as rector has been the question of whether HiOA should apply for the status of a university to become one of Norway's new universities; it received this status on 12 January 2018.