Chairperson, Marketing and Decision SciencesClassroom Building 220978.542.6680Associate Professor, Marketing and Decision SciencesClassroom Building 220978.542.6680
Associate Professor, Salem State University (February 2016 - Present), Salem, Massachusetts. Marketing and Decision Sciences. Teach business statistics, operations research, business forecasting, data analytics, and business intelligence. Develop instructional plans for courses. Work with colleagues in redesigning quantitative requirement curriculum. Advise students
Director of Reporting and Data Analytics, Salem State University (May, 2014 - January, 2016), Salem, Massachusetts. Office of the Chief Financial Officer. Responsible for providing direct and indirect support to the chief financial officer, director of budget and payroll and the controller, in all areas relating to financial reporting, data integrity and analytics. Partner with the assistant provost for planning and evaluation to meet the needs of senior leadership for data and analytics.
Developer, Salem State University (April, 2007 - May, 2014), Salem, Massachusetts. Analyze, support, assist in designing and test implementation of application upgrades relating to PeopleSoft, Cognos and other applications. Generate ad-hoc queries and reports using PeopleSoft, ProClarity, Cognos and other Oracle tool sets. Assist MIS Director with development, implementation, training, documentation of the administrative information processing needs of the College.
Assistant Director, Salem State University (February, 2003 - April, 2007), Salem, Massachusetts. Institutional Research and Assessment. Design and conduct analyses required to support the college’s decision-making and planning process. Evaluate and advise regarding data integrity. Responsible for ensuring accurate completion of federal and state-mandated reports. Serve as Title II coordinator. Respond to internal and external ad hoc analysis and reporting. Evaluate and test electronic reporting environment. Assist in planning development of institutional research data warehousing.
Lecturer, University of Massachusetts Boston (2000 - 2003), Boston, Massachusetts. Graduate Program in Human Services. Teach course in information technology to graduate students. Evaluate and guide independent studies work on completion of competency. Design and develop curriculum to meet information technology competency requirement. Assess learning outcomes and award competencies in information technology.
Data Specialist, University of Massachusetts (June, 1998 - February, 2003), Boston, Massachusetts. Office of Institutional Research. Responsible for compliance with Federally-mandated reports on campus data. Design, implement and document data retrieval systems. Develop management reports for academic program evaluation and analysis. Work in cooperation with functional departments to ensure the accuracy of electronic archival data. Ensure accuracy and consistency of external reporting. Represent office at meetings on systems implementation or modification and on data issues. Lead SAS programmer.
Assistant Director, University of Massachusetts Boston (1995 - 1998), Boston, Massachusetts. Center for World Languages and Cultures. Serve as principal financial manager for center. Implement and develop Executive Committee’s and Board of Directors’ initiatives. Develop Massachusetts Department of Education grant proposals. Oversee daily center operations, supervise support staff.
Budget Manager, University of Massachusetts Boston (1994 - 1995), Boston, Massachusetts. Center for Social Development and Education. Serve as principal financial manager for center. Oversee all expenditures, personnel appointments, procurement and payments. Develop grant and school contract budgets. Oversee daily center operations.
PhD, University of Massachusetts Boston
MBA, University of Massachusetts Boston
BS, University of Massachusetts Boston
2015-2016: Bertolon assessment committee: Served as committee member under chair Raminder Luther
Coordinator for minor in decision sciences
Tang, Z., Jain, A., Colina, F. (2024). A Comparative Study of Machine Learning Techniques for College Student Success Prediction. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 24(1), 101-116.
Jeon, M., Robson, L., Colina, F., Coleman, L. J. (2023). Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Risk Perception and Behaviors of Small Life-Cycle Event Attendees. Event Management (formerly Festival Management & Event Tourism), 27(3), 389-405.
Colina, F. E., Blanco-Ramirez, G. L. (2021). Accountability compliance, and student learning as competing rationales for assessment: A case study of US tuning in practice. Tertiary Education and Management, 27(2), 129.
Colina, F. E., Blanco Ramirez, G. (2018). Improving quality in American higher education: Learning outcomes and assessment for the 21st century. The Review of Higher Education, 42(1), E1-E4. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/722879/pdf
Colina, F. & Blanco-Ramirez, G. (2016). Assessment for accreditation, and assessment for student learning: Exploring faculty and administrative roles in three institutional contexts. Association for the Study of Higher Education, Denver, Colorado.
Colina, F. (2012, October). Programming in SQL Server Reporting Services. BlackBoard Analytics Conference, Washington, District of Columbia.
Colina, F. (2007). Using Arrays in SAS. Association for Institutional Research, Kansas City, Missouri.
Colina, F. (2006, June). Advanced SAS Arrays. Association for Institutional Research, Chicago, Illinois.
Colina, F. (2004). Academic Space Utilization. Association for Institutional Research, Boston, Massachusetts.
Membership:
- ASHE, Association for the Study of Higher Education
- MOBTS, Teaching Society for Management Educators
Research-Related Conference/Seminar
- 2016: Association for the Study of Higher Education, Denver, Colorado.
- 2015: Association for the Study of Higher Education, Washington, District of Columbia.
Other Professional Development
- 2016: National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, Boston, Massachusetts. Assignment design workshop
- 2016: New England Isolated Statisticians Meeting (NEISM), Easton, Massachusetts.
- 2016: MIT System Design & Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Conference: Systems Thinking for Contemporary Challenges, Reinventing Innovation: A Systems-Based Approach to New Products, New Services, and a New World
- 2012: BlackBoard Analytics Conference, Washington, District of Columbia.
- 2006: Association for Institutional Research, Chicago, Illinois.
- 2004: Association for Institutional Research, Boston, Massachusetts.