A Message From Stanley Anthony Bazile
Dr. Stanley Bazile is a creative, learner-centered, higher education researcher with progressive professional experience at a variety of institutions, ranging from community colleges, public, and private universities. He currently serves as the Vice President for Students Affairs & (Interim) Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at St. Francis College. A post he has held since 2021. His administrative portfolio includes providing leadership, vision, and strategic direction for a division that includes, Campus Life, Commuter Engagement, Retention and Student Belonging, First Year Programs, Orientation, Student Conduct, Title IX, Student Counseling and Wellness, Multicultural Affairs, Special Events, Residence Life and Housing, Food Services, and Campus Safety. As the CDEIO, Bazile oversees St. Francis College's agenda to foster a learning and working environment that supports an increasingly diverse student body and workforce, and that champions programs and dialogue that lead to greater understanding of relevant issues.
Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Bazile served as the interim Chief Student Affairs Officer and Dean of students at Lehman College. In this role, Dr. Bazile reported to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success, while directly supervising all student affairs operations for Lehman College. Before transitioning to student affairs, Dr. Bazile served as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Kingsborough Community College. His administrative portfolio at K.C.C. included assessment, planning, operations, and overall budget management for nine departments that provide student support services in the Division of Academic Affairs. Dr. Bazile has held faculty and administrative positions at Rowan University, St. John’s University, Cumberland County College, and Penn State University. He has extensive experience in both student and academic affairs. Some of his previous roles include work in enrollment management, distance learning, multicultural affairs, academic advising, housing, residence life, student activities, judicial affairs, fraternity and sorority life, university health services, and leadership.
In addition, he maintains an active research agenda that examines student retention, transfer, and success of college students. His most recent scholarship examined segmentation and capital of community college transfer students. Dr. Bazile received his Ph.D from the Pennsylvania State University, was a Doctoral Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley, and received both his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Social Work at Stony Brook University. In 2019, he was a graduate of the Inaugural CUNY-Harvard Consortium Cohort, where he studied management and leadership in education.