Resume

• 1985

  Postdoctoral Fellowship

  Postdoctoral Fellowship in the laboratories of Dr. Uttam RajBhandary and Dr. Sheldon Penman.

  Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• 1979

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  Biochemistry

  Michigan State University

  N/A

• 1975

  Bachelor's degree

  Chemistry

  University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras

• Leadership

  Higher Education Administration

  Management

  Higher Education Policy

  Public Speaking

  Higher Education Leadership

  Suarez

  Maria de Lourdes

  Suarez

  Holy Family University

  Universidad del Turabo

  Rowan College at Gloucester County

  Kennesaw State University

  Wilkes University

  Rutgers University / Douglass College

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  University of Puerto Rico

  Río Piedras

  Northern New Mexico College

  Kennesaw

  Georgia

  Limited-Term Professor of Chemistry

  Kennesaw State University

  Espanola

  NM

  )Administration of a regional collaboration to increase student participation and STEM educational capabilities in the Northern Rio Grande Valley region of New Mexico.

  Director of the Northern Rio Grande STEM Collaborative

  Northern New Mexico College

  Taught undergraduate courses in Biology and Spanish.

  Adjunct Professor of Science and Spanish

  Greater Philadelphia Area

  Holy Family University

  Sewell

  NJ

  Supervised undergraduate programs in Math and Science and their faculties.

  Dean of Math and Science

  Rowan College at Gloucester County

  New Brunswick

  NJ

  Administration of all staff and programs for K-12 residential and outreach programs including the Douglass Science Institute

  a four-year residential program for high school girls

  and undergraduate programs for the undergraduate population at Rutgers.

  Director of the Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in STEM and Assistant Dean

  Rutgers University / Douglass College

  Wilkes-Barre

  PA

  Founded Executive Director of the Center of Global Education and Diversity at Wilkes University. Advised the President and his Cabinet on issues of diversity and community affairs. Co-Principal Investigator for grant proposal “URM: Mentoring Minority Students to Graduate Success through Year-Round Research Projects” $704

  323 funded by the National Science Foundation.

  Special Assistant to the President for Diversity and Global Education and Professor of Biology

  Wilkes University

  Gurabo

  Puerto Rico

  Preparation of documents in English and Spanish for licensing and accreditation of academic programs. Commendation from the Vice Presidency of Academic Affairs for writing of opinions sent to the Middle States Commission of Higher Education.

  Assistant Vice Chancellor for Licensing and Accreditation

  Universidad del Turabo

  Provided services to individual clients. They included university and career choice advise to students and parents.

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  University of Puerto Rico

  Río Piedras

  UPR-RP

  .Administration of the Office charged with collection of institutional and academic program assessment data for reporting to accreditors and for data-driven academic improvements at the undergraduate and graduate level. The Office provides educational resources for faculty

  students and administrators focused on strengthening the assessment culture and data-driven institutional transformation.

  Director of Office of Student Learning Assessment

  Spanish

  English

  •\t2009: Keynote Co-Speaker

  Washington University Postdoctoral Scientific Symposium

  Keynote co-speaker on work-life balance issues at the 2009 Washington University Postdoctoral Scientific Symposium.

  Washington University

  NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship

  Award for a three year postdoctoral experience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  National Institutes of Health