Suzanne Marie Buglione (she/her)


Associate Professor College of Arts & Sciences School of Education Providence

Biography and Expertise

Suzanne M. Buglione joined JWU’s Educational Leadership doctoral program in 2023, where she teaches doctoral courses in Higher Education and is Chair of the university’s Institutional Review Board. She previously served as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer at Bristol Community College, where she advanced innovation and strategy including high impact practices, innovative curriculum and course delivery models, reduced equity gaps, and grew online learning during her tenure. Suzanne has worked with the MA Department of Higher Education to develop a Racial Equity Strategic Plan, delivered ongoing training for community college deans and campus leaders, and led proposal development and negotiations for union contracts.

Buglione’s experience includes over two decades of college teaching in undergraduate and graduate education, developing First Year Experience programming, outcomes assessment, prior learning assessment, and a center for service-learning and civic engagement. She has presented widely and has authored articles, chapters and a monograph related to the community college, the scholarship of engagement, adult learning, identity development and social justice, faculty development, and equity-conscious leadership and organizational culture.

Education

EdD
University of Massachusetts, Boston

MEd
Worcester State University

BS
Worcester State University

Promotion to the rank of Full Professor
UCAR and the JWU Provost’s office

Catalyst for Women’s Empowerment Award
American Council on Education – Massachusetts Womens Network

Patricia Cross Fellowship
League of Innovation of Community College

 John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Award for Community College Innovation
League of Innovation in Community Colleges

Dissertation of the Year
National Society for Experiential Education

Honorable Mention: Dissertation Award
International Association on Research in Service-Learning and Civic Engagement

Adult Learners and Civic Engagement (Other)
Campus Compact
2017
compactnation

International Association for Research in Service-Learning and Civic Engagement

New England Educational Research Organization

International Association for Research in Service-Learning and Civic Engagement

New England Educational Research Organization

Buglione, S. & Hunter, K. & Keene, J. & Taylor Gibson, J.
Inspiring Today’s CAO: Strategies for Critical Relationships (Part Two)
The Evolllution

Buglione, S. & Hunter, K. & Keene, J. & Taylor Gibson, J.
Inspiring or Inhibiting Today’s CAO: Lessons from Senior Academic Leaders (Part One)
The Evolllution

Buglione, S.
Equity-Conscious Leadership and Higher Education Institutions: Engaging Research in Human Resource Development Practice
N/A
n/a
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-3791-2
Pp: 103-134

Buglione, S. & Billups, F.
Adult Learners: Now What
The Evolllution

Buglione, S.
Adult Learner Identities: Intersectionality and Integration
The Evolllution

Buglione, S. & Billups, F.
Eyes wide shut: Are today’s adult learners our invisible student population?
The Evolllution

Buglione, S.
Transformative critical service-learning: Theory and practice for engaging community college students and university learners in building an activist mindset.
Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship.

Sustaining and Evolving Faculty Support: The Handover of Bristol Community College’s Adjunct Certification Program
Workshop
New England Faculty Development Consortium (NEFDC) Conference
Holy Cross College
Worcester
MA
United States

Equity-Conscious Leadership: Linking Theory to Practice
Paper
New England Education Research Organization (NEERO)
Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside
Portsmouth
NH
United States

The Dissertation-in-Practice: A Dissertation Proposal Workshop to Support the Ed.D. Scholar-Practitioner
Oral Presentation
Challenge Friday Session – Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED)
CPED
virtual

The Dissertation-in-Practice: A Dissertation Proposal Workshop to Support the Ed.D. Scholar-Practitioner
Oral Presentation
Challenge Friday Session – Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED)
CPED
virtual

Driven By Student Identities: Shifting The Boundaries of Civic Engagement in Public Higher Education
Roundtable
International Association for Research in Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (IARSLCE)
IARSLCE, hosted at University of San Diego
University of San Diego
San Diego
CA
United States

Role of the Chair: Updates from the Taskforce and Conversations about the future – Part 1
Panel Presentation
Center for Teaching & Learning Faculty Welcome Week Programming
Johnson & Wales University
Providence

Role of the Chair: Updates from the Taskforce and Conversations about the Future – Part 2
Panel Presentation
Center for Teaching & Learning Faculty Welcome Week Programming
Johnson & Wales University
Providence

How Did I Get Here? Stories of the Role of Chief Academic Officer.
Roundtable
New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO)
Sheraton Portsmouth
Portsmouth
NH

Individual and Group Storytelling As Data Collection On Sensitive Topics
Roundtable
New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO)
Sheraton Portsmouth
Portsmouth
NH

The Future of Higher Education
Keynote/Plenary Address
Worcester State University
Worcester State University Center for Teaching & Learning
Worcester State University
Worcester
MA
United States

Reconstructing Pedagogy and Syllabi for Cultural Wealth
Session
Center for Equity and Cultural Wealth Institute
Bunker Hill Community College
virtual
Boston
MA
United States