Ricardo Nazario-Colón
Chief Diversity Officer | Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC, UNITED STATES
Ricardo Nazario-Colon has served as Western Carolina University’s Chief Diversity Officer since June 2016.
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Ricardo Nazario-Colon has served as Western Carolina University’s Chief Diversity Officer since June 2016. Prior to his appointment at WCU, Nazario-Colon served as director of student activities, inclusion and leadership at Morehead State University from 2011-2016. While at the university, he also served as the director of the University Center and conference serves from 2012-2014.
From 2007-2011, Nazario-Colon was the director of the Office of Diversity Programs at Western Kentucky University and held several positions related to diversity at Western Kentucky University including executive director of the Multicultural Affairs Division, co-chair of the President’s Commission in Diversity, multicultural programs director and director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center.
Nazario-Colon served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1984-1992. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies and Spanish Literature from the University of Kentucky in 1992 and his master’s of science for teachers degree in secondary education with an emphasis in Spanish from Pace University in 1996.
Areas of Expertise (5)
Leadership Development
Higher Education
Staff Development
Community Outreach
Student Affairs
Education (3)
Western Carolina University: Ed.D., Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 2021
Pace University: M.S., Secondary Education with an Emphasis in Spanish 1996
University of Kentucky: B.A., Latin American Studies and Spanish Literature 1992
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Ricardo Nazario y Colón gives Puerto Rican, Latinx perspective at Asanbe Diversity Symposium
The All State online
2021-09-08
Co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets and author of the poetry compilation “Of Jíbaros and Hillbillies,” Ricardo Nazario y Colón delivered a keynote lecture during this year’s Asanbe Diversity Symposium at Austin Peay. Colón, who has a doctorate in educational leadership and serves as chief diversity officer at Western Carolina University, spoke on his findings that defied a “racially homogenized rural region” in the Appalachian portion of West Virginia.
Nazario-Colón takes office as president of Appalachian Studies Association
WCU Stories online
2022-06-07
Ricardo Nazario-Colón, chief diversity officer at Western Carolina University, has taken the oath of office as president of the Appalachian Studies Association for 2022-2023. It marks the first time the membership organization will be led by a Latinx.
Nazario y Colón
KET PBS tv
2011-05-20
Ricardo Nazario y Colon, one of the co-founders of the Affrilachian Poets, discusses his collection of poems, Of Jibaros and Hillbillies, as well as his work as diversity programs director at Western Kentucky University.
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Ricardo Nazario-Colón Appalachian State University
2023-03-23
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