PRESIDENT'S BIOGRAPHY

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Pamela Trotman Reid, Ph.D., was appointed as the eighth President of Saint Joseph College in January, 2008.  She came to Saint Joseph College from the position of Provost and Executive Vice President for Roosevelt University in Chicago. Previously she served in several leadership roles at the City University of New York's Graduate Center including Interim Provost and Senior Vice President, Associate Provost and Dean for Academic Affairs as well as Professor of Psychology. She also was formerly the Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Director of the Office for Social and Ethical Responsibility at the American Psychological Association.  She has contributed to the planning and implementation of two successful capital campaigns at previous institutions, and has worked to secure grants and gifts in support of educational excellence. Immediately before coming to Roosevelt University, she served in several roles at the University of Michigan (UM), including Research Scientist at the UM Institute for Research on Women and Gender as well as Director of the Women's Studies Program and Professor of Education and Psychology.

Dr. Reid is a developmental psychologist who, throughout her career, has worked with faculty and administrative colleagues alike to enhance academic quality and promote diversity.  At Roosevelt University she established a Center for Teaching and Learning, initiated a process of academic program review, and facilitated the development of new academic programs. She worked with faculty governance groups to incorporate best practices in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions, and created an incentive program to address flagging summer-session enrollments. She encouraged participation in the burgeoning online program and the inclusion of service learning in the curriculum. Her efforts also promoted partnerships with community colleges, service organizations and public schools. She has been an advocate of global education working to establish international connections with universities in China, India and Russia.

An active participant in scholarly organizations, Dr. Reid has held elected positions on boards and committees of the American Psychological Association (APA) and other professional organizations. She was elected President of the APA Society for the Psychology of Women and served as Chair of the APA Committee on Women in Psychology. She has been an invited speaker at scores of international, national and regional conferences, and more than two-dozen colleges and universities. She has also received several national awards, including the Distinguished Leadership Award given by the APA Committee on Women in Psychology and the Distinguished Publication Award from the Association of Women in Psychology.

Dr. Reid has also been active in outreach activities in both urban and non-urban communities. She re-instituted the Higher Education Women's Network for the state of Illinois. She served as a member of the committee to create an arts high school in Chicago and participated in the Honor Circle of the Chicago Area Girl Scouts. She has also established a math and technology enrichment program for middle school girls, Gaining Options: Girls Investigate Real Life (GO-GIRL), which now operates in Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC.

Pam Reid holds a B.S. from Howard University, an M.A. from Temple University and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She is married to Dr. Irvin D. Reid, former President of Wayne State University in Detroit. Their daughter, Nicole, is a lawyer who lives with her husband and their two children, Grace and Zachary, in Saint Louis.  Their son, Dexter, is a computer engineer who lives with his wife in San Francisco.