Carmen J. Cividanes Lago
President of Bayamón Central University
In office
March 2021 – 2021
Preceded byLillian Negrón Colón
Succeeded byFray Oscar Morales Cruz (interim)
Personal details
Children1
Alma materMount Holyoke College
Harvard University
University of Oxford

Carmen J. Cividanes Lago is a Puerto Rican developmental psychologist and academic administrator. She was the president of the Bayamón Central University in 2021. She was previously the executive director of the Association of Private Colleges and Universities of Puerto Rico.

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] Later that year, Cividanes Lago was succeeded by interim president Fray Oscar Morales Cruz.[4]

Cividanes Lago has a son.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Foong, Eureka (January 2015). "Random Sample: Carmen J. Cividanes-Lago PhD". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Universidad Central de Bayamón nombra nueva presidenta". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Historia". Universidad Central de Bayamón. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
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