Joan Develin Coley
{{Short description|American academic and educator}}
Joan Develin Coley is a former American higher education executive. She served as president of McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland from 2000 to 2010.{{cite web|title=McDaniel Coley announces plans to retire in 2010|url=http://www.mcdaniel.edu/9885.htm|publisher=McDaniel College|accessdate=June 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427161518/http://www.mcdaniel.edu/9885.htm|archive-date=April 27, 2009|url-status=dead}} She was then appointed as interim president of Notre Dame of Maryland University, beginning in August 2013, and served in that capacity during the presidential search for that university.{{cite press release|title=Joan Develin Coley, president emerita of McDaniel College, to lead Notre Dame of Maryland University|url=http://www.ndm.edu/newsroom/detail/joan-develin-coley-president-emerita-of-mcdaniel-college-to-lead-notre-dame-of-maryland-university/|publisher=Notre Dame of Maryland University|accessdate=September 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930185513/http://www.ndm.edu/newsroom/detail/joan-develin-coley-president-emerita-of-mcdaniel-college-to-lead-notre-dame-of-maryland-university/|archive-date=September 30, 2013|url-status=dead}}
A national higher education policy participant with the Aspen Institute, she was also actively involved with the Wye Faculty Seminar of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.{{cite web|title=McDaniel Coley announces plans to retire in 2010|url=http://www.mcdaniel.edu/9885.htm|publisher=McDaniel College|accessdate=June 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427161518/http://www.mcdaniel.edu/9885.htm|archive-date=April 27, 2009|url-status=dead}}
Formative years
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Coley earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English with Honors at Albright College in Reading. She then earned both a Master of Education degree in Secondary Education Reading and her Doctor of Education degree in Elementary Education Reading from the University of Maryland, College Park.{{cite web|title=McDaniel Coley announces plans to retire in 2010|url=http://www.mcdaniel.edu/9885.htm|publisher=McDaniel College|accessdate=June 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427161518/http://www.mcdaniel.edu/9885.htm|archive-date=April 27, 2009|url-status=dead}}
McDaniel College
Coley rose through the ranks of academia during her four-decade career, holding the following increasingly responsible positions:"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/869393461/?terms=%22joan%20devlin%20coley%22&match=1 WHS plans seminars for college-bound juniors]." Westminster, Maryland: Carroll County Times, April 7, 1986, p. A5 (subscription required).Blubaugh, Bob. "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/870205215/?terms=%22joan%20devlin%20coley%22 WMC investigation includes athletes]." Westminster, Maryland: Carroll County Times, December 19, 1995, pp. B1, B3 (subscription required).Carpenter, Andy. "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/870226777/?terms=%22joan%20devlin%20coley%22&match=1 NFL camp not expected to be too burdensome]." Westminster, Maryland: Carroll County Times, May 10, 1996, p. 1 (subscription required)."[https://www.newspapers.com/image/869281332/?terms=%22joan%20devlin%20coley%22&match=1 1999 Timeline—November/December]." Westminster, Maryland: Carroll County Times, December 31, 1999, p. A8 (subscription required).
- President – 2001
- Interim President – 2000
- Provost and Dean of the Faculty – 1994–2000
- Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty – 1993–94
- Dean of Graduate Affairs, Professor – 1992–93
- Professor, Chair of Education Dept. & Director of Graduate Reading Program – 1986–92
- Director of Admissions – 1985
- Associate Dean/Academic Affairs – 1983–85
- Director of Continuing Education – 1982
- Director, American Publishers Assn. Literacy Project, Washington, D.C. (sabbatical) — 1980–81
- Associate Professor, Education Dept. & Director Graduate Reading Program – 1977
- Assistant Professor, Education Dept. & Director Graduate Reading Program – 1973
Accomplishments and honors
- Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading given by the Maryland Council of the International Reading Association (1989)
- Good Scout Award, Boy Scouts of America (2010){{cite web|title=Former McDaneil President Honored by Boy Scouts|url=http://carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/article_0e4c32aa-fdd0-11df-af43-001cc4c002e0.html|accessdate=December 2, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Circle of Excellence, Top 100 Women in Maryland, Daily Record (2004)
- Top 100 Women in Maryland, Daily Record (2000, 2002)
- Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading at the Higher Education Level (1989)
- Maryland Higher Education Reading Association, president (1975–76)
- Mid-Atlantic Reading Research Consortium, president (1987–99)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060831094436/http://www.mcdaniel.edu/Print/news_248.htm McDaniel College]
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