Soraya M. Coley
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Soraya M. Coley is an American academic administrator and educator who has served as a leading figure in higher education, notably as the first woman to lead California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Soraya M. Coley canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1813514 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Soraya M. Coley Context triple: [California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, president, Soraya M. Coley]
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A.
Erica Sherover
Erica Sherover was a scholar and activist best known as the partner and later wife of critical theorist Herbert Marcuse, with whom she collaborated intellectually and politically.
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B.
Mary Newman
Mary Newman was the first wife of the English sea captain and explorer Sir Francis Drake in the late 16th century.
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C.
Colleen Sostorics
Colleen Sostorics is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and three-time Olympic gold medallist who starred with the national women’s team.
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D.
Maria Newman
Maria Newman is an American composer and violinist known for her concert and film music, and as a member of the prominent Newman family of film composers.
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E.
Katherine A. Rowe
Katherine A. Rowe is an American scholar of Renaissance literature and digital humanities who became the first female president of the College of William & Mary.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Soraya M. Coley Target entity description: Soraya M. Coley is an American academic administrator and educator who has served as a leading figure in higher education, notably as the first woman to lead California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
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A.
Erica Sherover
Erica Sherover was a scholar and activist best known as the partner and later wife of critical theorist Herbert Marcuse, with whom she collaborated intellectually and politically.
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B.
Mary Newman
Mary Newman was the first wife of the English sea captain and explorer Sir Francis Drake in the late 16th century.
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C.
Colleen Sostorics
Colleen Sostorics is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman and three-time Olympic gold medallist who starred with the national women’s team.
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D.
Maria Newman
Maria Newman is an American composer and violinist known for her concert and film music, and as a member of the prominent Newman family of film composers.
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E.
Katherine A. Rowe
Katherine A. Rowe is an American scholar of Renaissance literature and digital humanities who became the first female president of the College of William & Mary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic administrator
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educator ⓘ human ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
PhD in social planning and policy
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bachelor’s degree in sociology ⓘ master’s degree in social planning ⓘ |
| affiliation | California State University system ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | public higher education in California ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Indiana University Bloomington
ⓘ
linked to:
Indiana University
The Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) ⓘ
linked to:
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)
|
| employer |
Alliant International University
ⓘ
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona ⓘ California State University, Bakersfield ⓘ California State University, Fullerton ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | higher education administration ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | academic leadership ⓘ |
| givenName | Soraya ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
public policy
ⓘ
social planning ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasRole |
faculty member
ⓘ
university executive ⓘ |
| hasWorkedOn |
community engagement initiatives in higher education
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institutional strategic planning ⓘ student success and retention programs ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
California State University system leadership
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linked to:
California State University system
|
| name | Soraya M. Coley ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first African American woman president of Cal Poly Pomona ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for student success and access
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being the first woman to lead California State Polytechnic University, Pomona ⓘ leadership in diversity and inclusion in higher education ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic administrator
ⓘ
educator ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
dean at California State University, Bakersfield
ⓘ
president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona ⓘ provost and vice president for academic affairs at Alliant International University ⓘ provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, Fullerton ⓘ |
| residence |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
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| sector | public higher education ⓘ |
| spouse | Ron Coley ⓘ |
| workLocation | Pomona, California ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Soraya M. Coley Description of subject: Soraya M. Coley is an American academic administrator and educator who has served as a leading figure in higher education, notably as the first woman to lead California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.