The Great Lakes Colleges Association, Inc. was chartered in the state of Michigan and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 1962, and works on behalf of the thirteen member colleges located in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Our Mission
The mission of the Great Lakes Colleges Association is to take actions that will help strengthen and preserve our colleges; and by being a leading force on behalf of education in the tradition of the liberal arts and sciences. Rich in tradition, GLCA will continue to enhance our colleges by leading as new areas of opportunity and challenge emerge.
Leadership Groups
The Board of Directors is the primary governing body of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and consists of the presidents of the member colleges, the chair of the Deans’ Council, three faculty representatives of the Academic Council, and the President of the Association, ex officio. The Board approves the programs and projects undertaken by the Association and sets the annual budget.
Joseph Calvaruso
Interim President
Albion College
Hilary Link
President
Allegheny College
Jane Fernandes
President
Antioch College
Adam Weinberg
President
Denison University [Chair]
Lori White
President
DePauw University
Anne Houtman
President
Earlham College [Executive Committee Member-at-Large]
Matthew Scogin
President
Hope College
Jorge G. Gonzalez
President
Kalamazoo College [Secretary/Treasurer]
Sean Decatur
President
Kenyon College [Past Chair]
Carmen Twillie Ambar
President
Oberlin College [Executive Committee Member-at-Large]
Rockwell Jones
President
Ohio Wesleyan University
Scott Feller
President
Wabash College
Sarah Bolton
President
The College of Wooster [Vice Chair]
Ron Cole
Deans’ Council Chair
Provost
Allegheny College
Jim Brown
Academic Council Representative
Wabash College
Brooke Bryan
Academic Council Representative
Antioch College
Ferit Guven
Academic Council Representative
Earlham College
Michael McDonald
President
GLCA
The Chief Academic Officers of the member colleges meet twice annually to review existing and consider new programming related to faculty, curricular and pedagogical development.
Ronney Mourad
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Albion College
Ron Cole
Provost and Dean of the College
Allegheny College [Chair]
David Kammler
Dean of Academic Affairs
Antioch College
Kim Coplin
Provost
Denison University
Dave Berque
Vice President for Academic Affairs
DePauw University
Tara Natarajan
Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs
Earlham College
Gerald Griffin
Interim Provost
Hope College
Danette Ifert Johnson
Provost
Kalamazoo College
Jeff Bowman
Provost
Kenyon College
David Kamitsuka
Dean
Oberlin College
Karlyn Crowley
Provost
Ohio Wesleyan University
Todd McDorman
Dean of the College
Wabash College
Lisa Perfetti
Provost
The College of Wooster
The Academic Council consists of two faculty from each member college. Academic Council discusses issues of importance to faculty across the campuses and advises the Board, Deans’ Council, and GLCA staff on current and emerging issues of importance for faculty. Members share Council discussions with their campus community. Three members serve on the Board of Directors.
Abby Cahill
Assistant Professor of Biology
Albion College
Brad Chase
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Albion College
Ryan Pickering
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Allegheny College
Adrienne Krone
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Allegheny College
Brooke Bryan
Associate Professor of Writing, Aesthetics & Digital Studies
Dean of Cooperative, Experiential, and International Education
Antioch College
Jennifer Grubbs
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Antioch College
Seth Kelly
Associate Profess of Biology
College of Wooster
Michael Miyawaki
Assistant Professor of Sociology
College of Wooster
Nestor Matthews
Professor of Psychology
Denison University
Christine Armstrong
Associate Professor of Modern Language
Denison University
Jacob Hale
Professor of Physics
DePauw University
Dana Dudle
Professor of Biology
DePauw University
Nora Taplin
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Earlham College
Ferit Guven
Professor of Philosophy
Earlham College
Lora Kolean
Assistant Professor of Music
Hope College
Jesus Montano
Associate Professor of English
Hope College
Leihua Weng
Assistant Professor of Chinese Language and Literature
Kalamazoo College
Sandino Vargas Perez
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Kalamazoo College
Carolin Hahnemann
Professor of Classics
Kenyon College
Juan De Pascuale
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Kenyon College
Will Parsons
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Oberlin College
Yveline Alexis
Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Comparative American Studies
Oberlin College
Stephanie Merkel
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Rebecca R. Brown Professor of Humanities
Ohio Wesleyan University
TBD
Ohio Wesleyan University
Adriel Trott
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Wabash College
James Brown
Professor of Physics
Wabash College
2022-2028 Strategic Plan
The strategic plan was endorsed by the GLCA presidents on May 3, 2022 and will guide our work through 2028.