Dr. Colin Polsky

Dr. Colin Polsky is the Associate Vice President for the three Broward Campuses of Florida Atlantic University, where he has also served as Professor of Geosciences since 2014. As AVP, Polsky oversees research, education, and community engagement initiatives, manages daily campus operations, and builds partnerships with both campus and external stakeholders. For almost 25 years, he has been an active faculty contributor to collaborative, multi-institutional, and interdisciplinary fund-raising to support growth in university mission-critical activities. Polsky is leading or co-leading the launches of the FAU Workforce Innovations Network (WIN) and the Florida Office of the Ocean Economy.