14 Facts About Shirley Collado

Shirley M Collado is an American psychology professor and academic administrator.

Shirley Collado is the first Dominican American to be named president of a four-year college in the United States.

Shirley Collado earned her doctorate at Duke University in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.

Shirley Collado grew up in Brooklyn, the child of Dominican immigrants; her father drove a taxi and her mother worked in a factory.

Shirley Collado became the first in her family to attend college when she enrolled at Vanderbilt University in 1989, 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.

Shirley Collado was one of five students enrolling in Vanderbilt in the first Posse cohort, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1994.

Shirley Collado was appointed as Dean of Institutional Diversity at Middlebury College in 2007.

On July 1,2017, Shirley Collado became president of Ithaca College, 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.

Shirley Collado was given a courtesy appointment in Ithaca College's Department.

Shirley 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.

Shirley Collado is a member of the boards of ACT, Kids First Chicago, and Excelencia in Education.

Shirley Collado is a founding member of President's Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration.

In October 2022, Shirley Collado was appointed to serve as a Senior Fellow at Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Shirley Collado denied the charges, brought by a former patient, saying that she took a plea agreement because at the time, she lacked the resources to contest the charges in court.