Sara Quay

Profile

Dr. Sara Quay, Provost, is a nationally recognized leader whose expertise includes data-driven assessment, accreditation, honors education, teaching and learning, cultural studies, and curriculum development. She brings to her role deep knowledge of both Endicott and higher education. For over two decades, Dr. Quay has worked alongside faculty, deans, and directors at Endicott in the undergraduate, Van Loan and graduate programs, first as Assistant Dean of Arts & Sciences, then as Dean of the School of Education, and for the last 15 years, Director of the Endicott Scholars Honors Program. While at Endicott, she has been instrumental in developing new majors, programs, and partnerships. During the pandemic, she collaborated with faculty and staff to develop and implement Faculty Teaching Institutes focused on the urgent instructional needs the academic community faced at that time. Dr. Quay has published five books and monographs as well as articles and essays in The Boston Globe, Principal Magazine, Academic Leader, Teachers College Record, Journal of Excellence in College Teaching, Honors in Practice, Journal of Practitioner Research, and The Teaching Professor.

Dr. Quay has frequently served as New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) reviewer, been nominated as a fellow and then an invited member of Deans for Impact, is a certified Data Wise coach, and co-chairs the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) Place as Text Committee.
 

Education

Brandeis University
Doctor of Philosophy in British and American Literature
1996

Simmons College
Master of Arts in English
1992

Boston College
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Philosophy
1986