Cheryl
A.
Leary
, EdD
Professor; Chair, Psychology Department
Department:
Psychology
Location:
North House
1
Degrees
BA, College of Our Lady of the Elms; MA, Westfield State College; EdD, American International College
Contact
Phone: 413.565.1357
Fax: 413.565.1165
Email: caleary@baypath.edu
Profile
Cheryl A. Leary, EdD, serves as chair of the psychology department at Bay Path College. She has been associated with the college since 1992 as a professor of psychology. She is currently teaching adolescent and adult development, and she established the Community-Based Cooperative Education Program for psychology majors at Bay Path. Dr. Leary recently created the psychology of intimacy, a new psychology course for Bay Path’s One-Day-A-Week
Saturday College students. During this course, Dr. Leary, along with her students, develop a program to provide some basic necessities for our troops in the Middle East. As students of a notable women’s college, they wanted to show special support for women who serve in the military.
Dr. Leary’s role as an educator spans a lifetime. She began her teaching career in local school systems while pursuing advanced-level degrees in psychology at area colleges, culminating in her doctoral degree in psychology from American International College in Springfield, MA. Not only has she practiced as a school psychologist, but she was called on to perform clinical work at a psychiatric hospital in Connecticut. For several years, she was a lecturer for the Department of Justice on the topic of adolescent suicide. Along with another local educator, she co-authored a booklet on adolescent suicide–prevention, intervention, and postvention.
In addition to her work as an educator, Dr. Leary has actively participated in community service as well as service activities for Bay Path students. In 1997, she and her husband created the Women of Culture Program for international students attending Bay Path. The program offers support for the unique gifts and talents international students bring to the Bay Path campus. Currently, she is serving as president of the Enfield Rotary Club and is actively pursuing the establishment of an Amber Alert Program for the Enfield, CT community. She is well respected by her peers at Bay Path as well as her fellow Rotarians in Enfield and at the District level. All of her activities in Rotary are directed toward the promotion of healthy children both locally and on an international level. She has been working with fellow Rotarians to organize an eye clinic in India and a potential clean water project in Nigeria.
Dr. Leary enjoys her dual roles of leadership as chair of the psychology department at Bay Path and as president of the Enfield Rotary Club. She loves a challenge and always seeks to adhere to the principles as found in the Four Way Test for all Rotarians.
