Shirley Collado

Shirley M. Collado is an American psychology professor and academic administrator. She was the 9th president of Ithaca College. Collado was the second woman to hold the post and the first person of color. She is the first Dominican American to be named president of a four-year college in the United States.[2] Prior to joining Ithaca, Collado was assistant professor of psychology,[3] dean of the college and vice-president for student affairs at Middlebury College, then vice president for institutional planning and community engagement at Lafayette College.[4] After returning to Middlebury College to serve as dean of the college, she became executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer at Rutgers University-Newark. She earned her doctorate at Duke University in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.

Shirley Collado
9th President of Ithaca College
In office
July 1, 2017 – August 29, 2021[1]
Succeeded byLa Jerne Terry Cornish
Personal details
SpouseA. Van Jordan
Alma materVanderbilt University (B.S.)
Duke University (M.A., Ph.D.)
OccupationAcademic administrator, psychology professor

Early life and education

Collado grew up in Brooklyn, the child of Dominican immigrants;[5] her father drove a taxi and her mother worked in a factory.[6] Collado became the first in her family to attend college when she enrolled at Vanderbilt University in 1989,[7] participating in a program called the Posse Foundation, which assembles small groups of diverse students to provide a support system to one another when they enroll together at the same college.[8] Collado was one of five students enrolling in Vanderbilt in the first Posse cohort,[9] and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1994.[10] She then went on to earn an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University in 1999;[8] her dissertation was titled "The Perceived Racism Scale for Latina/os: a Multidimensional Assessment of the Experience of Racism among Latina/os."[11]

Career

After completing her doctorate in clinical psychology, Collado worked in community mental health, then returned to the Posse Foundation where she spent six years as executive vice president.[12] She was appointed as Dean of Institutional Diversity at Middlebury College in 2007.[13] In 2008, she was named vice-president for institutional planning and community engagement at Lafayette College.[14][15] In 2010 she returned to Vermont to become an associate professor of psychology, dean of the college and chief diversity officer at Middlebury College[16][17][18] and then, beginning in January 2015, executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer at Rutgers University-Newark, where she led the development of the university's Honors Living-Learning Community.[19][20] On July 1, 2017, Collado became president of Ithaca College,[21] replacing outgoing Tom Rochon to become the ninth president in the college's then-125-year history and the first person of color to hold the role.[5] She was also given a courtesy appointment in Ithaca College's Department of Psychology.

Amongst controversy caused by a 20% cut in the number of faculty positions and allegations of sexual misconduct, Collado announced in July 2021 that she would step down as president of Ithaca College to become president and CEO of College Track, a program supporting college completion.[22][1]

Collado also serves on Board of Trust at Vanderbilt University.[23]

Collado is a member of the boards of ACT,[24] Kids First Chicago, and Excelencia in Education. She is a founding member of President's Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration. In October 2022, Collado was appointed to serve as a Senior Fellow at Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.[25]

Personal life

Collado is married to poet A. Van Jordan.[26]

In 2001, Collado pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor sexual abuse.[27] Collado denied the charges, brought by a former patient, saying that she took a plea agreement because at the time (shortly after the suicide of her first husband), she lacked the resources to contest the charges in court.[28][29][30]

References
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  2. "Ithaca College Enters New Era: Shirley M. Collado Inaugurated as College's Ninth President - IC News - Ithaca College". www.ithaca.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
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  6. Guinier, Lani (2016). The Tyranny of the Meritocracy: Democratizing Higher Education in America. Beacon Press. pp. 67–69. ISBN 9780807078129. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  7. Jaschik, Scott (February 23, 2017). "From Posse Participant to College President". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. Oguntoyinbo, Lekan (23 April 2014). "Momentum Continues to Build for Posse Foundation's STEM Program". Diverse. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  9. "Vanderbilt Posse Scholar Program". www.vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
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  13. Levina, Alina (February 27, 2007). "Ramirez challenges students to speak the unspoken". middleburycampus.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
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  15. Anonymous (Winter 2009). "McDonogh Report" (PDF). McDonogh.Lafayette.edu. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
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  19. Weinstein, Matt (February 22, 2017). "Ithaca College's new president to tackle heated issues". Ithaca Journal. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  20. Burd, Joshua (May 26, 2016). "Rutgers-Newark, RBH planning $70M residence hall, honors learning facility | NJBIZ". NJBIZ. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  21. "Ithaca College Gets 9th President This Summer". USNews. February 27, 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  22. Butler, Matt (2021-07-08). "Ithaca College president Shirley Collado resigns". The Ithaca Voice. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  23. "VU Board of Trust approves eight new members". Nashville Post. May 1, 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  24. "College Track President and CEO Shirley M. Collado Joins Board of ACT". College Track. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  25. "Dr. Shirley M. Collado Named Carnegie Foundation Senior Fellow". College Track. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  26. Shoemaker, Stephen (February 23, 2017). "Incoming President Shirley M. Collado Meets the Ithaca College Community". IC News. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  27. "Ithaca College knew about President Shirley Collado's sex abuse conviction". Ithaca Journal. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  28. Seltzer, Rick (January 18, 2018). "Ithaca College president in the spotlight years after court case". Inside Higher Education. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  29. Quigley, Aidan (January 16, 2018). "Ithaca College President Shirley Collado pleaded no contest to sexual abuse charge in 2001". theithacan.org. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  30. Friedman, Sarah (January 16, 2018). "Sexual misdemeanor charge against Board of Trust member surfaces". vanderbilthustler.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
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