Roberta "Bobbi" Cordano (born November 29, 1963[1]) is the 11th president of Gallaudet University.[2][3] Cordano is the first deaf woman to become president of Gallaudet University, the first deaf woman to become president of a U.S. university, and the first woman and first openly LGBT person to be officially installed as Gallaudet President.
Roberta Cordano | |
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| 11th President of Gallaudet University | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | T. Alan Hurwitz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 29, 1963 |
Life edit
Cordano obtained her Juris Doctor degree at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1990. She was assistant attorney general for Minnesota.[4] She was assistant dean at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.[5][6]
Cordano was awarded the Hubert Humphrey award by the University of Wisconsin.[7] She is among the first ten deaf women in the United States to have earned a Juris Doctor (JD) degree and is among the first 50 deaf women to have earned a doctoral degree, overall.[8]
Cordano is the first deaf woman to become president of Gallaudet University. Elisabeth Zinser, a hearing woman, held the Gallaudet presidency for less than one week amidst the March 1988 Deaf President Now protests. Zinser was never officially installed as president before her resignation.[9]
References edit
- ^ The Herald-Press (Saint Joseph, Michigan), December 13, 1963, p. 5.
- ^ Gallaudet University: Cordano: New Deaf President
- ^ Presidential Search Finalists
- ^ "Her Own Way to the Top: AAUW". www.aauw.org. Archived from the original on 2016-05-30.
- ^ "Faculty and Staff | Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs". Archived from the original on 2007-08-10.
- ^ State of Minnesota proclamation of Roberta J. Cordano Day, Sept 30 2016
- ^ Roberta Cordano '90 Wins Humphrey Award at Univ of Wisconsin site
- ^ Holcomb, Mabs and Sharon Wood. 1989. Deaf Women--A Parade through the Decades. Berkeley, CA: Dawn Sign Press, p. 87.
- ^ GU: President-Select
External links edit
| External media | |
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| Audio | |
 Gallaudet President Navigates From World Of Hearing To Sound Leadership Of The Deaf, NPR, January 21, 2017 | |
| WMAU Radio Interview of Gallaudet University's President Roberta Cordano, 11/21/2016 | |
| Video | |
 Gallaudet President Cordano lectures at UW Linguistics/ASL, University of Washington, Jan 12, 2018 |
- Common Past, Common Future: USDA & Gallaudet Create Opportunities for Students , USDA, Dec 09, 2016
Further reading edit
- "Deaf Person of the Year". Deaf People. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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