Suzanne Rivera: Difference between revisions

| birth_place = [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]]

| spouse = Michael Householder, Ph.D.

| sub_discipline = [[Human ResearchSubject ProtectionsResearch]]

| workplaces = {{ublist|[[Case Western Reserve University]]|[[University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center]]|[[University of California, Irvine]]}}

'''Suzanne M. Rivera''' (born 1969) is an American bioethicist, sciencewho policyis expert, andthe president of [[Macalester College]]. She is the first female and first Latina president in the college’scollege's history.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Macalester Announces Dr. Suzanne Rivera As First Female and Latinx President|url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/02/03/macalester-announces-dr-suzanne-rivera-as-first-female-and-latinx-president/|date=February 3, 2020|website=WCCO 4 CBS Minnesota|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name="twincities_2020-02-03">{{Cite news|last=Verges|first=Josh|date=Feb 3, 2020|title=Macalester's 17th president will be first female and Latina to hold the office|work=Twin Cities Pioneer Press|url=https://www.twincities.com/2020/02/03/macalesters-17th-president-will-be-first-female-and-latina-to-hold-the-office/}}</ref> Rivera's presidential Inauguration ceremony was held at Macalester on October 9, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Macalester inaugurates first female, Latino president|url=https://www.startribune.com/macalester-inaugurates-first-female-latino-president/600105213/|date=October 9, 2021|website=Star Tribune|access-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref> Minnesota Gov. [[Tim Walz]] proclaimed it as "Suzanne M. Rivera Day" in the state.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=Macalester |number=1446913641245257735 |title=Today is officially @macalesterpres Suzanne M. Rivera Day in the State of Minnesota! #heymac 💙🧡}}</ref>

Rivera was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, in 1969. She is the oldest of four children, her mother was born in the United States and her father was born in Cuba. She moved to Massachusetts in 1980, and attended high school at [[The Cambridge School of Weston]]. She attendedobtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Brown University]], and was the commencement orator for the class of 1991. Immediately following her undergraduate studies, Rivera earned a Master of Social Welfare degree at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography: Dr. Suzanne M. Rivera|url=https://www.macalester.edu/president/biography-dr-suzanne-rivera/|access-date=2021-12-13|website=Macalester College|language=en-US}}</ref>

She is active in social justice and equity initiatives. SheRivera iswas a member of the [[Association of American Universities|American Association of Universities]]’' (AAU) Task Force on Strategies for Reducing Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination. [[Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities]]' (HACU) Academia de Liderazgo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2, 2019 |title=5 questions with… Vice President for Research and Technology Management Suzanne Rivera |url=https://thedaily.case.edu/5-questions-with-vice-president-for-research-and-technology-management-suzanne-rivera/ |access-date=May 27, 2020 |website=The Daily}}</ref>

She served as First Vice President on the Board of Esperanza, Inc., a non-governmental organization devoted to improving educational outcomes for Cleveland’sCleveland's Hispanic students, and on the governance committees for Cleveland’sCleveland's Fund for Our Economic Future (FFEF) and the Cleveland Water Alliance.

Rivera's husband, Michael Householder, is a scholar of Early American Literature and author of the book Inventing Americans in the Age of Discovery: Narratives of Encounter (Ashgate, 2011). They met at Brown University. Theyand have two children together.<ref>{{Cite news|lastname=Verges|first=Josh|date=Feb 3, 2020|title=Macalester's 17th president will be first female and Latina to hold the office|work=Twin Cities Pioneer Press|url=https://www.twincities.com/2020/"twincities_2020-02/-03"/macalesters-17th-president-will-be-first-female-and-latina-to-hold-the-office/}}</ref>

* Diversity Leadership Award, [[Case Western Reserve University]], 2012<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual Inclusion and Diversity Achievement Awards|url=https://case.edu/diversity/programs/annual-inclusion-and-diversity-achievement-awards-and-luncheon/previous-winners|website=Case Western Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity|date=8 May 2018}}</ref>

* {{cite book|author1editor1=Holly Fernandez Lynch|title=Specimen Science|author2editor2=Barbara E. Bierer|author3editor3=I. Glenn Cohen|author4editor4=Suzanne M. Rivera, eds.|date=2017|publisher=Cambridge: The MIT Press|isbn=9780262036108}}

* {{cite journal |last1author1=Rivera, S.M. |first1author2=SuzanneBrothers, K.B. |author3=Cadigan, J. |author4=Harrell, H.L. |author5=Rothstein, M.A. |author6=Sharp, R.R. |author7=Goldenberg, A.J.|date=DecemberJune 20082017|title=ClinicalModernizing Research fromRegulations ProposalIs toNot ImplementationEnough: WhatIt's EveryTime Clinicalto InvestigatorThink Should Know aboutoutside the Institutional ReviewRegulatory BoardBox|journal=[[American Journal of Investigative Medicine|J Investig MedBioethics]]|volume=5617|issue=87|pages=975–9841–3|doi=10.23101080/JIM15265161.2017.0b013e31818e1da91328899|pmid=1895590228661748|s2cidpmc=172910956089353}}

* {{cite journal |last1author1=Fernandez-LynchGoldenberg, A.J. |author2=Maschke, K.J. |author3=Joffe, S. |author4=Botkin, J.R. |author5=Rothwell, E. |author6=Murray, T.H. |author7=Anderson, Bateman-HouseR. |author8=Deming, AN. and|author9=Rosenthal, B. |author10=Rivera, S.M.|date=JanuaryMay 20202015|title=AcademicIRB Advocacy:practices Opportunitiesand topolicies Influenceregarding Healththe andsecondary Scienceresearch Policyuse underof U.S. Lobbying Law|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1097%2FACM.0000000000003037biospecimens|journal=AcademicBMC Medical MedicineEthics|volume=9516|issue=1|pagespage=44–5132 |doi=10.10971186/ACM.0000000000003037s12910-015-0020-1|pmid=3159975825953109|pmc=4426182 |s2cid=12898467 |doi-access=free }}

* {{cite journal |last1author1=HouseholderRothwell, ME., Solano-Lopez|author2=Maschke, AK. L.|author3=Bothkin, MuñozJ. |author4=Goldenberg, DA. and|author5=Murray, T.H. |author6=Rivera, S.M.|date=January–FebruaryMarch 20192015|title=RevivingBiobanking Humanresearch Researchand inhuman Costasubjects Rica|url=httpsprotections://www.researchgate.net/publication/330580818 perspectives of IRB Leaders|journal=IRB: Ethics & Human Research|volume=4137|issue=12|pages=32–408–13|doipmid=10.1002/eahr.50000426331182|pmidpmc=307443155854323}}