Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR, United States
Dr. Coll was born in Havana, Cuba, and migrated to the United States during the 1980 Mariel Boat Lift. After serving as a noncommissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, he completed a bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Saint Leo University, his master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Central Florida, and a Ph.D. in Counseling Education and Supervision from the University of South Florida. Dr. Coll is the current Provost at Western Oregon University and served as Dean of the School of Social Work and Interim Dean of the College of Education at Portland State University. He has held administrative and faculty positions at Texas State University, University of Southern California, and Saint Leo University. His research interests have been predominantly on worldview development and counseling veterans with a focus on veteran transition. He is the author and co-editor of numerous publications, including The Counselors Primer for Counseling Veterans, Linus Publications; co-editor of The Handbook of Military Social Work, Wiley Press; Student Veterans in Higher Education: A Primer for Administrators, Faculty, and Advisors, Lyceum Books and most recent Civilian Lives of U.S. Veterans: Issues
and Identities, Praeger Publishing.
He is a graduate of the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program, University of California, Berkeley, Executive Leadership Academy (ELA), Harvard’s Institute for Management Development Program (MDP), Harvard’s Institute for Management and Leadership
in Education (MLE)
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Pre-Conference Leadership Development Institute: Value Driven Decisions in a Time of Crisis
Thursday, October 24, 2024
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT