Caroline Solomon
NTID President/Vice President RIT
Education
Ph.D., Biological Oceanography, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2006 M.S., Biological Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2000 B.A., Environmental Science and Public Policy, Magna cum laude, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1996
Bio
The first woman to lead NTID in the college’s history, Dr. Caroline M. Solomon has 25 years of experience in higher education, serving in a variety of faculty and administrative capacities. Prior to being named NTID president and RIT vice president, Solomon served as Dean of the Faculty at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. She also previously was director of Gallaudet’s School of Science, Technology, Accessibility, Mathematics and Public Health (STAMP). She was an accomplished teacher and researcher as a professor of biology throughout her tenure at Gallaudet University and is on the faculty at NTID as well as RIT’s College of Science.
A former Fulbright Fellow, Dr. Solomon has authored numerous academic papers, presented her research in the aquatic sciences, mentoring deaf and hard-of-hearing students in STEM, and development of STEM sign language lexicons at more than 35 conferences and has been a sought-after guest lecturer at colleges and universities.
Solomon is a native of Delaware. Her husband, Barry, is an attorney, and the couple has two children: Hannah and Eli.
Select Scholarship
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Caroline-Solomon
Academia.edu: https://gallaudet.academia.edu/CarolineSolomon
In the News
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June 8, 2026
Flavia S. Fleischer named NTID dean
Following a national search, NTID President Caroline Solomon and RIT Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Prabu David have announced the appointment of Flavia S. Fleischer as the college’s new dean. She assumes the role on Aug. 1.
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February 26, 2026
Profile: Dr. Caroline M. Solomon
The Mind Hears profiles NTID President Caroline Solomon.
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February 5, 2026
AI tool developed by NTID assists deaf students with English grammar
RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, with support from Google.org, has developed “Grammar Laboratory,” a learning tool that uses artificial intelligence to assist deaf students with English grammar.