Ray Quirolgico
Ray Quirolgico arrived at RISD in fall 2023 from ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, CA, where he served as associate provost for student affairs and dean of students staring in 2014. His previous higher education administration experience includes service at seven other US colleges and universities, and a professional history covering significant experience in student housing and residence life, multicultural affairs, community service and civic engagement, orientation programs, student judicial affairs and campus health.
In his role at ArtCenter, Quirolgico was responsible for supporting the co-curricular life of the institution by overseeing the college’s student affairs functions in the Center for the Student Experience (CSE), which included student conduct, services for students with disabilities, student health insurance, international student services, mental health counseling, student clubs and campus activities, new student orientation and student government.
Quirolgico has held adjunct faculty appointments at four other universities, teaching undergraduate and graduate (master’s and doctoral degree level) courses in leadership, organizational development, research methods, education, student development theory and applied ethics. His peer-reviewed work has been selected for presentations and workshops at over 50 national or international conferences, institutes and conventions, and he has been invited or selected to speak or present at over 75 other campus events or regional meetings on topics ranging from scholarly research, college health, personal narrative, diversity and multiculturalism, strategic planning, mission-centered practice, career development and leadership. His scholarly work has been published more than 25 times and he served on the editorial board for the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice.
An active leader in higher education, Quirolgico has served in such professional associations as College Student Educators – International (ACPA), Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education (NASPA), the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International, the Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrators, LeaderShape, and the Association of American Colleges and Universities. In 2014, ACPA honored him with its Diamond Honoree award, recognizing outstanding and sustained contributions to higher education and to student affairs.
Quirolgico earned undergraduate degrees in biology and psychology (dual concentrations in each major) from the University of Virginia, a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs administration (with a thesis of original qualitative and narrative research that examined the intersections of professional and personal identity) from the University of Vermont. He earned his doctor of education degree in organization and leadership from the University of San Francisco (with a dissertation that applied cultural anthropology to examine American higher education’s response to the first 25 years of the AIDS pandemic).