Carmen J. Cividanes Lago
Carmen J. Cividanes Lago | |
|---|---|
| President of Bayamón Central University | |
| Assumed office March 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Mount Holyoke College Harvard University University of Oxford |
Carmen J. Cividanes Lago is a Puerto Rican developmental psychologist and academic administrator. She is president of the Bayamón Central University.
Life
Cividanes Lago was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1] Spanish is her native language and she was raised bilingual in English and began studying French at the age of 12.[1] While completing a bachelor's degree at Mount Holyoke College, she studied abroad for a semester in Paris through Wesleyan University.[2] During her undergraduate studies, Cividanes Lago taught French and Spanish.[2] She completed a master's degree in education from Harvard University.[2] Cividanes Lago earned a Ph.D. in developmental psychology at the University of Oxford.[2] Her doctoral research investigated mathematical reasoning in children.[2]
In 1994, Cividanes Lago returned to Puerto Rico after working off the island for 15 years.[1] She worked for the graduate school of public administration at the University of Puerto Rico.[2] Cividanes Lago served as the executive director of the Association of Private Colleges and Universities of Puerto Rico.[3] In March 2021, she became president of Bayamón Central University.[1]
Cividanes Lago has a son.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Foong, Eureka (January 2015). "Random Sample: Carmen J. Cividanes-Lago PhD". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ^ a b c d e f "Universidad Central de Bayamón nombra nueva presidenta". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ^ Green, Erica L.; Cochrane, Emily (2018-05-01). "In Devastated Puerto Rico, Universities Get Just a Fraction of Storm Aid". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- Living people
- People from San Juan, Puerto Rico
- American developmental psychologists
- 21st-century American psychologists
- American women psychologists
- 21st-century Puerto Rican women
- Mount Holyoke College alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- 21st-century American women scientists
- Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
- Women heads of universities and colleges
- American women academics