Background
Caldwell-Colbert, A. Toy was born on September 21, 1951 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Robert Chester and Bessie (Ellis) Caldwell.
Psychology educator university official
Caldwell-Colbert, A. Toy was born on September 21, 1951 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Robert Chester and Bessie (Ellis) Caldwell.
Bachelor, Spelman College, Atlanta, 1973; Master of Science, U. Georgia, 1975; postgraduate, Brown U., 1975-1976; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Georgia, 1977.
Graduate teaching assistant, U. Georgia, Athens, 1977;
assistant professor psychology, U. Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1977-1978;
lecturer psychology/student affairs, Emporia (Kansas) State University, 1978-1982;
assistant professor psychology, Emporia (Kansas) State University, 1982-1984;
interim assistant vice president academic affairs, graduate studies, research, Emporia (Kansas) State University, 1985-1986;
associate professor and coordinator industrial psychology graduate program, Emporia (Kansas) State University, 1984-1988;
special assistant to chancellor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1987-1988;
assistant vice president academic affairs, associate professor psychology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1983-1988;
associate provost for academic affairs, professor psychology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1993-1994;
associate vice president academic affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1994;
professor psychology and educational psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1994. Fellow American Council on Education Fellows Program, Washington, 1987-1988. Profl.assoc The Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas, since 1987.
Coordinator N. Center Association self-study accreditation Indiana State University, 1988-1990. Consultant S.W. regionInd. Society Medical Technology, since 1989.
Commission member SOS Rape and Battered Women's Core Commission, Emporia, 1982-1985. County member Kansas Arts Council, Topeka, 1978-1988. Vice chair and board directors Emporia Human Rels.
Commission, 1981-1988. State board Kansas Children'sSvc. League, Wichita, 1985-1988.
Board directors Terre Haute Minorities Offering Direction Encouragement and Leadership Strategies, 1990. Active Covered Bridge county Girl Scouts United States, Terre Haute, since 1992. Board member Development Superior vena cava syndrome Center, Champaign, 1995.
Member Head Start Foundation-Champaign County, 1996. Active Green Meadows Girl Scout Council Board, Urbana, Illinois,1996. Member APA (president-elect division 12-section 6 1997, program member division 35 1981-1994, commission for recruitment, retention and training of ethnic minority psychologists 1994-1996), Association for Advancement Behavior Therapy (representative-at-large 1978-1980, chapter president black special interest group 1979, 89, award of appreciation 1980), Midwestern Psychological Association, Links (president Normal-Champaign chapter, past president Control Illinois chapter, chairman services to youth and chairman nominating committee central area), Indiana Coalition Blacks in Higher Education, Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education.
Married Charles Cornelius Colbert, July 1, 1978. Children: Joffre-Charles, Jordan. 1 stepchild, LaTatia.
