Biography
Allen Harrison is the Assistant Dean for Accessibility Resources at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. He has been with the College since 2006 in a variety of roles and has more than thirty years of higher education administration experience. His primary responsibilities in his current role include providing accommodations and accessibility resources and services for students with documented disabilities; and serving as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) coordinator for the College. Allen received his coach training from JST Coaching & Training and is pursuing Associate Credentialed Coach certification from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). He also serves as a member of the ICF Upstate New York Chapter DEIJB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Justice) committee. Prior to Hamilton, Allen served as Director of the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) Program at William Paterson University of New Jersey, in Wayne, NJ where he administered and oversaw a state-funded academic support services program for approximately 500 economically under-resourced and educationally underprepared students. At Wesleyan University, in Middletown, CT he served as an Assistant Director/Pre-Law Advisor and preceding that appointment, he managed federal-and state-funded academic and student support services and scholarship initiatives in his role as Coordinator of Special Programs at the State University of New York (SUNY) Institute of Technology, now knownas SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica, NY. Allen holds a Certificate in Advanced Graduate Study (C.A.G.S.) with a concentration in Education Leadership Management from Northeastern University in Boston, MA; an MBA in Technology Management and a Master of Science degree in Business Management with a concentration in Human Resources Management from SUNY Institute of Technology, now known as SUNY Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Curry College in Milton, MA.