Joan Develin Coley served as president of McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland from 2000 to 2010. She served as interim president for Notre Dame of Maryland University starting in August 2013 during the presidential search for that university.
A.B. English Honors, Albright College
M.Ed., Secondary Education Reading, University of Maryland, College Park
Doctorate, Elementary Education Reading, University of Maryland, College Park
President – 2001
Interim President – 2000
Provost and Dean of the Faculty – 1994–2000
Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty – 1993–94
Dean of Graduate Affairs, Professor – 1992–93
Professor, Chair of Education Dept. & Director of Graduate Reading Program – 1986–92
Director of Admissions – 1985
Associate Dean/Academic Affairs – 1983–85
Director of Continuing Education – 1982
Director, American Publishers Assn. Literacy Project, Washington, D.C. (sabbatical) — 1980–81
Associate Professor, Education Dept. & Director Graduate Reading Program – 1977
Assistant Professor, Education Dept. & Director Graduate Reading Program – 1973
Accomplishments and honors
Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading given by the Maryland Council of the International Reading Association (1989)
Good Scout Award, Boy Scouts of America (2010)
Circle of Excellence, Top 100 Women in Maryland, Daily Record (2004)
Top 100 Women in Maryland, Daily Record (2000, 2002)
Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading at the Higher Education Level (1989)
Maryland Higher Education Reading Association, president (1975–76)
Mid-Atlantic Reading Research Consortium, president (1987–99)
