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Elizabeth Garcia named Connecticut College´s dean of multicultural affairs

Elizabeth Garcia

June 28, 2007

Elizabeth Garcia, currently director of Unity House at Connecticut College, has been named Connecticut College´s dean of multicultural affairs. She will continue as director of Unity House, the campus´s multicultural center.

As dean of multicultural affairs, Garcia will initiate and coordinate college programs that support a pluralistic student experience, promote ongoing campus discourse about equity in higher education and collaborate with other campus programs that focus on diverse student constituencies.

"Garcia´s stellar academic qualifications, dynamic approach to cross-cultural education and ideas for new programming initiatives make her a natural choice for promotion to dean of multicultural affairs while she continues to oversee the work of Unity House," said Armando Bengochea, dean of the campus community.

Prior to coming to Connecticut College last summer, Garcia was assistant professor of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino studies at Hunter College. She has also taught Latino studies courses at Columbia University and worked at Colgate University as a programmer of Africana and Latin American studies. In 1999 she founded Latino Promotions, an educational resource devoted to Latino history, politics and culture.

Garcia holds a master´s and doctoral degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and received a bachelor´s degree from Brown University.

For more information contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu