Soraya M. Coley | |
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![]() Coley in 2018 | |
6th President of Cal Poly Pomona | |
Assumed office January, 2015 [1] | |
Preceded by | J. Michael Ortiz |
Personal details | |
Born | Wilmington,North Carolina | November 25,1950
Residence | Manor House |
Alma mater | The Lincoln University (AB) Bryn Mawr College (MA,PhD) |
Website | Office of the President |
Academic background | |
Thesis | And still I rise:An exploratory study of contemporary black private household workers (1981) |
Doctoral advisor | Carole Joffe |
Academic work | |
Institutions | |
Soraya M. Coley (born November 25, 1950) [2] is an American academic and university administrator who is the sixth president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). Prior to this appointment in January 2015, [3] Coley was Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at California State University, Bakersfield. Coley is the first Cal Poly female president. She holds a A.B., Sociology, The Lincoln University, an M.A., Social Planning and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College, and a Ph.D., Social Planning and Policy, Bryn Mawr College.
In 2022, a whistleblower lawsuit alleged that Coley interfered with police work and the legal process multiple times on the Cal Poly Pomona campus. [4] Among the most notable of these alleged occurrences were a series of blockages that slowed investigation into an embezzlement of over a million dollars [5] and the premature closure of a 2021 sexual assault case. [6]
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