Suzanne Marie Buglione (she/her)
Professor College of Arts & Sciences Department of School of Education Providence
Biography
Suzanne M. Buglione joined JWU’s Educational Leadership doctoral program in 2023, where she teaches doctoral courses in Higher Education as a full professor, 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
Higher Education
MEd, Worcester State University
Education with a concentration in Community Health
BS, Worcester State University
Natural Science
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.” Buglione, S. (2017)
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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. (September 26, 2025). Inspiring Today’s CAO: Strategies for Critical Relationships (Part Two): The second of a two-part series on our research about the experiences of Chief Academic Officers. (Magazine/Trade Publication).
The Evolllution.
https://evolllution.com/inspiring-or-inhibiting-todays-cao-lessons-from-senior-academic-leaders
Buglione, S. & Hunter, K. & Keene, J. & Taylor Gibson, J. (August 19, 2025). Inspiring or Inhibiting Today’s CAO: Lessons from Senior Academic Leaders (Part One): A two-part series on our research about the experiences of Chief Academic Officers. (Magazine/Trade Publication).
The Evolllution.
https://evolllution.com/inspiring-or-inhibiting-todays-cao-lessons-from-senior-academic-leaders
Buglione, S. (June 1, 2025). Equity-Conscious Leadership and Higher Education Institutions: Engaging Research in Human Resource Development Practice: Bridging Gaps in Human Resource Development Through Scholar-Practitioners. (Book Chapter).
N/A, n/a(DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-3791-2), Pp: 103-134.
https://www.igi-global.com/book/bridging-gaps-human-resource-development/337150#table-of-contents
Buglione, S. & Billups, F. (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 20, 2023). Adult Learners: Now What: 3rd in a 3 part series. (Magazine/Trade Publication).
The Evolllution.
https://evolllution.com/revenue-streams/market_opportunities/adult-learners-now-what/
Buglione, S. (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 10, 2023). Adult Learner Identities: Intersectionality and Integration: 2nd in a 3 part series. (Magazine/Trade Publication).
The Evolllution.
https://evolllution.com/revenue-streams/market_opportunities/adult-learner-identities-intersectionality-and-integration/
Buglione, S. & Billups, F. (June 15, 2023). Eyes wide shut: Are today’s adult learners our invisible student population?: 3 part series on Adult Learners. (Magazine/Trade Publication).
The Evolllution.
https://evolllution.com/revenue-streams/market_opportunities/eyes-wide-shut-are-todays-adult-learners-our-invisible-student-population/
Buglione, S. (March 22, 2023). Transformative critical service-learning: Theory and practice for engaging community college students and university learners in building an activist mindset.. (Book Review).
Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship..
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New England Faculty Development Consortium (NEFDC) Conference, “Sustaining and Evolving Faculty Support: The Handover of Bristol Community College’s Adjunct Certification Program,” Worcester, MA, United States. (October 17, 2025).
New England Education Research Organization (NEERO), “Equity-Conscious Leadership: Linking Theory to Practice,” Portsmouth, NH, United States. (March 28, 2025).
Challenge Friday Session – Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED), “The Dissertation-in-Practice: A Dissertation Proposal Workshop to Support the Ed.D. Scholar-Practitioner,” CPED. (January, 2025).
Challenge Friday Session – Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED), “The Dissertation-in-Practice: A Dissertation Proposal Workshop to Support the Ed.D. Scholar-Practitioner,” CPED. (January 17, 2025).
International Association for Research in Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (IARSLCE), “Driven By Student Identities: Shifting The Boundaries of Civic Engagement in Public Higher Education,” IARSLCE, hosted at University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States. (October 2, 2024).
Center for Teaching & Learning Faculty Welcome Week Programming, “Role of the Chair: Updates from the Taskforce and Conversations about the future – Part 1,” Johnson & Wales University, Providence. (August, 2024).
Center for Teaching & Learning Faculty Welcome Week Programming, “Role of the Chair: Updates from the Taskforce and Conversations about the Future – Part 2,” Johnson & Wales University, Providence. (August, 2024).
New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO), “How Did I Get Here? Stories of the Role of Chief Academic Officer.,” Portsmouth, NH. (April 26, 2024).
New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO), “Individual and Group Storytelling As Data Collection On Sensitive Topics,” Portsmouth, NH. (April 24, 2024).
Worcester State University, “The Future of Higher Education,” Worcester State University Center for Teaching & Learning, Worcester, MA, United States. (February 27, 2024).
Center for Equity and Cultural Wealth Institute, “Reconstructing Pedagogy and Syllabi for Cultural Wealth,” Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA, United States. (June 7, 2023).