About the Vice President

Barbara J. Nauman, M.B.A., Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs

As Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs,  Barbara J. Nauman, M.B.A., works closely with the academic deans, and faculty on educational programs, quality instruction, and furthering the institution's strategic plan, academic master plan, goals, and mission.

Nauman joined CCRI in June 2015 as an Assistant Professor in the Business and Professional Studies Department, receiving the college's Teaching Excellence Award in 2017. Since 2021, she has served as the Dean of Business, Science, Technology and Mathematics (BSTM) after previously working as Interim Dean and Interim Assistant Dean of BSTM.

In addition to her experience at CCRI, Interim Vice President Nauman has taught at Salve Regina University and Johnson & Wales University graduate and undergraduate schools. Prior to teaching, she worked for 22 years as a business professional, holding a variety of senior leadership and management positions at The Providence Journal, including Vice President of Consumer Sales and Services, Vice President of Circulation, and Senior Director of Consumer Marketing. During that time, Nauman served on various community committees and boards, including the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce. She also was the President of the Advertising Club of Southeastern New England.

Interim Vice President Nauman obtained her Master of Business Administration from the Johnson & Wales University, where she was recognized as the Graduate School's 2008 Distinguished Alumni. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English/Communications, magna cum laude, from North Adams State College (now Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts) and completed the Medill School of Journalism Management Development Program at the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.