Immediate Past President

Joanna Gonsalves

Joanna Gonsalves (Ph.D., Clark University) is an associate professor of psychology at Salem State University. She is the coordinator of the College’s Honors Program and the chair of the Council on Teaching and Learning (CTL), a committee at the forefront of pedagogical innovation at Salem State. She has conducted research concerning service learning outcomes and adult cognitive development. She serves as the Budget Officer for the state-wide Commonwealth Honors Program which supports excellence in honors education at Massachusetts state colleges, community colleges and universities. In her home city of Woburn, MA. Joanna has served as an Alderman-at-Large for the past eight years.