University of Saint Joseph College President Pamela Trotman Reid, Ph.D., has been recognized as a Top 25 Women in Higher Education by the national newsmagazine, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. The recognition, in the publication’s March 14, 2013 issue, ran in conjunction with women’s history month.
Diverse Senior Writer Dianne Hayes wrote, “We salute and honor a diverse group of women who have made significant contributions in higher education from administration, science, nonprofit organizations and sports.”
According to Diverse, “Since taking office in 2008, Dr. Pamela Trotman Reid has worked to build upon the university’s reputation for academic excellence and ensure its commitment to integrity, women’s leadership and service. She initiated and successfully launched its first professional doctoral program. Under her leadership, the size of the graduate program in education tripled with the introduction of off-site classes throughout Connecticut, the program for adult learners was refocused, and undergraduate women’s programs have gained increased recognition for excellence and student success.”
In addition to the recognition from Diverse, Dr. Reid has received a number of honors, including being named among 100 Most Influential Blacks in the State of Connecticut by the Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP (2009, 2011); Eight Remarkable Women in Business by Hartford Business Journal (2010); and Hartford’s 50 Most Influential People by Hartford Magazine (2010). She also received a 2011 Polaris Award from Leadership Greater Hartford, and a 2011 Maria Miller Stewart Award from the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund.
Dr. Reid currently serves on the boards of the MetroHartford Alliance, the iQuilt Project for Downtown Hartford, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. She is on the executive committees of the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges and the Hartford Consortium for Higher Education; the board of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; and the Division III Presidents Council of the NCAA. In July, 2012, she was appointed to the Capital Region Development Authority by Governor Dannel P. Malloy.
