Welcome our new Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Mary Lou D'Allegro

Although new to SUNY Erie, Dr. Mary Lou D’Allegro is no stranger to higher education. She has over twenty years’ experience as both an educator and administrator. Most recently, Dr. D’Allegro was the Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA) at Luzerne County Community College in Pennsylvania. She also held the rank of Professor, Mathematics. She also served as the VPAA at a community college in Tennessee and the Dean of Curriculum and Instruction at State Technical College in Missouri.

Resolute in helping both students and faculty succeed in the classroom, Dr. D’Allegro received a Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation grant to develop and implement Guided Career Pathways. She also led a team of ten faculty to create several work-based credit and non-credit courses (micro credentials.) Relatedly, she was instrumental in the design and implementation of several workshops and trainings for both faculty and K-12 teachers and administrators.

Dr. D’Allegro has consulted for various companies and organizations to help integrate apprenticeships, internships, and other work-based opportunities into community college curricula. She serves on numerous Occupational Advisory Boards to promote the value of experiential learning for both students and the organizations that employ them.

No stranger to evidence-based practice, Dr. D’Allegro has published over 25 peer-reviewed articles, two book chapters, and has delivered over ten juried presentations at regional and national conferences. The focus of her research is college access and student success. She recently served on a panel to discuss Artificial Intelligence in higher education at a workshop for K-12 administrators. She also facilitated a panel of faculty that demonstrated the use of Artificial Intelligence in their teaching.

Dr. D’Allegro also has served as the principal investigator and/or evaluation specialist for three National Science Foundation (NSF) grants: a.) two NSF-ATE grants aimed at faculty development and enriched learning opportunities and b.) Collaborative Virtual Computer Laboratory (CVCLAB) to enhance distance learning capacity in cyber security. She also was the lead sub-recipient of an NSF– Engines grant that is focusing on improving regional innovation capacity to increase regional economic growth.