Havidán Rodríguez
Havidán Rodríguez | |
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| Born | February 24, 1959 Arecibo, Puerto Rico, United States |
| Died | -- -- |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| Occupation | Administrator |
| Spouse | Rosy Lopez |
Havidán Rodríguez (born February 24, 1959, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico) earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has had a distinguished career in educational leadership, teaching, research, and community service.
Current profile and recent achievements
Dr. Havidán Rodríguez was named the 20th President of the University at Albany, SUNY by the SUNY Board of Trustees on June 21, 2017,[1] starting in mid-September 2017. He is the first Hispanic/Latino President of any of the SUNY four-year campuses.[2] Prior to this position, Rodríguez served as founding Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), and Professor of Sociology; President ad Interim of The University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA), the institution's final leader; Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at UTPA; Deputy Provost at University of Delaware, where he also was a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice; and former Director at the Disaster Research Center, the oldest and one of the leading social science disaster research centers in the world.
Rodríguez's honors and awards include being recognized as a 2017 Top Latino Leader by the National Diversity Council;[3] the UTRGV President's Medallion in 2017; the 2017 Inspiring Leaders in STEM Award by INSIGHT into Diversity magazine;[4] the 2016 Cesar Estrada Chavez Award by the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity;[5][6] the 2015 Alfredo G. de los Santos, Jr. Distinguished Leadership Award by the American Association for Hispanics in Higher Education;[7][8] being the featured cover story of the June 2015 issue of The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education;[9] and being highlighted in the September 2015 Bright Spots in Hispanic Education on-line catalogue,[10][11] by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics; among others (including those listed below).
One of Rodríguez's major faculty-related programmatic achievements at UTRGV/UTPA was as Principal Investigator on the ADVANCE Program on Attracting and Nurturing Women at a Hispanic-Serving Institution,[12] funded by the National Science Foundation through an ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant.[13] The lead Co-PI and Project Director on the UTRGV ADVANCE Program is Ala Qubbaj, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs & Diversity.[14] This Program has a series of integrated components and initiatives related to faculty recruitment, retention, and advancement, including the ADVANCE Leadership Institute,[15] the ADVANCE Administrative Fellows Program, and the ADVANCE Associate to Full Professor Program.[16] Under the Education & Empowerment Component of ADVANCE, the UTRGV/UTPA Women's Faculty Network was launched,[17] which inspired a similar network at The University of Texas Arlington.[18] His staunch support of undergraduate research and experiential learning opportunities was one of the reasons he was highlighted in the Bright Spots in Hispanic Education listed in the "Honors and awards" section below.
Research and scholarship
Havidán Rodríguez has a significant number of publications in two major – and often overlapping – research areas: (1) social science aspects of disasters (including the vulnerability and resiliency to disasters), and (2) socioeconomic well-being among minorities, particularly Latinos/as, in the U.S. (including the migration, education, and socioeconomic mobility among Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland). He has led and participated in a number of field research projects, including trips to Honduras, following Hurricane Mitch; India and Sri Lanka, following the Indian Ocean Tsunami; and the Gulf Coast, following Hurricane Katrina. He has received funding from a variety of agencies, including NSF, the Ford Foundation, NIMH, FEMA, and others.
In addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters, Rodríguez is co-author (with Marie Mora and Alberto Dávila) of Population, Migration, and Socioeconomic Outcomes among Island and Mainland Puerto Ricans: La Crisis Boricua (Lexington Books, under production Summer 2017). He is also the co-editor of Handbook of Disaster Research (with Quarantelli and Dynes, Springer, 2006);[19] Handbook of Disaster Research, 2nd Edition (with Trainor and Donner, Springer, forthcoming, expected late 2017); and Latinas/os in the United States: Changing the Face of América (with Rogelio Sáenz and Menjívar, Springer, 2008)[20].
Education
Havidán Rodríguez earned his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland, his Master's degree in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His Ph.D. field of specialization was Demography - an area in which he continues to publish.
Administrative appointments
- President, University at Albany, SUNY, announced by the SUNY Board of Trustees, June 21, 2017, to commence mid-September 2017
- Founding Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2014–2017
- Under his academic leadership the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley got accreditation probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
- President ad Interim, The University of Texas–Pan American (the institution's final leader), 2014–2015
- Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, The University of Texas–Pan American, 2011-2014
- Deputy Provost, University of Delaware, July 2009-December 2010
- Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and International Programs, University of Delaware, 2006-2009
- Director, Disaster Research Center (DRC), University of Delaware, 2003-2006
- Interim Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez, 1999
- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez, 1998-1999.
- Director, Center for Applied Social Research (CISA), University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez, 1997-1999
- Director, Minority Affairs Program, American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., 1995-1998
- Director, Disaster Research Lab., Center for Applied Social Research, University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez, 1994-1995
- Interim Chair, Department of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez, 1993-1994
- Associate Chair, Department of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, 1992-1993
Faculty appointments
- Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2015–2017.
- Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Texas–Pan American, 2011-2015.
- Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 2003-2010
- Visiting Professor, Population Fellows Program, Professional Exchange for Applied Knowledge (PEAK) Initiative, School of Public Health, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Summers 2001, 2002, and 2003
- Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, 1999-2003
- Associate Professor, University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez, 1994-1999
- Assistant Professor, University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez, 1991-1994
- Lecturer, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1991
Honors and awards
Throughout his career, Havidán Rodríguez has received numerous honors, awards, fellowships, and other recognitions, including the following.
- Top Latino Leader, by the National Diversity Council's initiative of the Council for Latino Workplace Equity, 2017 [21]
- President's Medallion, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2017
- Inspiring Leaders in STEM Award, by INSIGHT into Diversity magazine, 2017 [22]
- Cesar Estrada Chavez Award, by the American Association for Access, Equity, and Diversity (AAAED), 2016 [23]
- Highlighted in the Bright Spots in Hispanic Education on-line catalogue, September 2015, by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
- Alfredo de los Santos, Jr., Award for Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education, by the American Association for Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE), 2015 [24]
- Cover Story, Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, June 2015 [25]
- Scholar of the Year. Awarded during the 2008 Crystal Awards Ceremony. Sponsored by El Sol: Latino Newspaper. Philadelphia, July 19, 2008
- Hispanic of the Year: Professional Achievement Award. Awarded during the 2007 Grand Ball. Sponsored and organized by the Latin American Community Center. October 5, 2007, Wilmington, Delaware[26]
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Outstanding Achievement Award for 2004. Awarded on May 1, 2005 at the 2005 NDMS Conference, Orlando, Florida
- Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, (Spring 2002)
- Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Participant in the Latino Statistical Workshop and the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program in Quantitative Methods (Summer, 1993)
- American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1986-1987 and 1989-1991)
- Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1987-1988 and 1989-1990)
- Honorable mention, Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship for Minorities (1986 and 1990)
- Advanced Opportunity Program Fellowship, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (1984–1986)
References
- ^ http://www.albany.edu/news/79681.php
- ^ http://www.timesunion.com/7day-breaking/article/Watch-live-at-1-30-p-m-SUNY-trustees-appoint-11232768.php
- ^ https://www.nationaldiversitycouncil.org/2017-top-latino-leaders-to-be-honored-at-3rd-annual-latino-leadership-conference/
- ^ http://www.insightintodiversity.com/wp-content/media/issues/september2017.pdf
- ^ http://www.aaaed.org/aaaed/Awards.asp
- ^ http://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/about-utrgv/news/press-releases/2016/june-03-utrgv-provost-receives-national-award-for-advocacy-of-workers-rights-humanitarian-issues/index.htm
- ^ http://aahhe.org/Awards/alfredosantos.aspx
- ^ https://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/about-utrgv/news/press-releases/2015/april-17-dr-havidan-rodriguez-award/index.htm
- ^ http://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/about-utrgv/news/press-releases/2015/june-17-dr-havidan-rodriguez-featured-on-national-magazine-cover/index.htm
- ^ https://sites.ed.gov/hispanic-initiative/bright-spots-in-hispanic-education/
- ^ http://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/about-utrgv/news/press-releases/2015/september-16-white-house-names-utrgv-a-bright-spot-in-hispanic-education/index.htm
- ^ http://www.utrgv.edu/advance/index.htm
- ^ https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383
- ^ http://www.utrgv.edu/facultyaffairs/about/our-team/index.htm
- ^ http://www.valleymorningstar.com/education/utrgv/article_1a4db798-e28c-11e6-947a-f33ca25b177f.html
- ^ http://www.themonitor.com/life/article_d07be0a2-b674-11e5-b436-17cb55c6fc60.html
- ^ http://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/about-utrgv/news/press-releases/2015/may-11-womens-faculty-network-bylaws/index.htm
- ^ http://www.theshorthorn.com/news/female-employees-convene-for-first-meeting/article_888f2942-2546-11e7-9eff-cb8fab21d546.html
- ^ https://www.springer.com/us/book/9780387323312
- ^ https://www.springer.com/us/book/9780387719412
- ^ https://www.nationaldiversitycouncil.org/2017-top-latino-leaders-to-be-honored-at-3rd-annual-latino-leadership-conference/
- ^ http://www.insightintodiversity.com/wp-content/media/issues/september2017.pdf
- ^ http://www.aaaed.org/aaaed/Awards.asp , http://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/about-utrgv/news/press-releases/2016/june-03-utrgv-provost-receives-national-award-for-advocacy-of-workers-rights-humanitarian-issues/index.htm
- ^ http://aahhe.org/Awards/alfredosantos.aspx , https://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/about-utrgv/news/press-releases/2015/april-17-dr-havidan-rodriguez-award/index.htm
- ^ http://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/about-utrgv/news/press-releases/2015/june-17-dr-havidan-rodriguez-featured-on-national-magazine-cover/index.htm
- ^ "Vice provost receives Delaware Hispanic of the Year award". Udel.edu. 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
External links
- American academics
- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- University of Delaware faculty
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni
- University of Maryland, College Park alumni
- American university and college presidents
- University of Texas–Pan American people
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- University of Puerto Rico faculty
- University of Texas System people