Higher Education Leadership Convening on College Student Behavioral Health

In addition to these services, she also oversees the department’s clinical graduate intern program, training graduate students to provide therapeutic services with the “whole student in mind.”

A graduate of the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St Louis, Mrs. Arnold has a passion for service and mental wellness, particularly for those often underrepresented due to race, socioeconomic status, and other factors that lead to opportunity gaps. Mrs. Arnold felt compelled to focus her career on this work after surviving Hurricane Katrina as a college student at Dillard University in New Orleans, and experiencing her own trauma and those of her fellow students, who were often ashamed to reach out for supportive services due to pervasive mental health stigma.

Mrs. Arnold’s therapeutic philosophy is based on “meeting students where they are,” and combines evidenced based practice in a realistic and approachable way, often using therapeutic play, mindfulness, and art and music therapy interventions. A recent achievement of Mrs. Arnold’s has been the development and implementation of the “Re:Set Room,” a relaxation suite situated within the Counseling and Accessibility office to provide a comforting space and sensory experience for students, while teaching them coping skills for emotional regulation and mindfulness.

In her down time, Mrs. Arnold loves to spend time with her family, a good book or an even better piece of cake.

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As a first-generation college student, she received a B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University, a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and completed postdoctoral training at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has authored more than 160 scientific peer-reviewed publications, numerous white papers and book chapters, and is the recipient of several major grant awards from foundations, and state and federal agencies. Her research is primarily focused on mental health and substance use among adolescents, young adults and in particular college students. She has also completed studies related to mental health service utilization, predictors of suicidal behavior, prenatal substance use, and evaluations of addiction treatment. She is the Principal Investigator of the College Life Study, a large prospective study of more than 1200 individuals who were originally assessed as first-year college students and followed up into adulthood. That study has made significant contributions the scientific literature regarding the mental health needs of young adults and the risk factors and consequences of substance use among college students. A main thrust her work is the connection between untreated mental health conditions, substance use and human capital, as measured by academic achievement, employment and health status. She is passionate about translating research findings for practical purposes to be used by parents, policy makers and educational professionals. She has a leadership role in the Maryland Collaborative to Reduce College Drinking and Related Problems, a policy initiative that brings together 17 universities in the state of Maryland to utilize evidence-based practices to address excessive drinking and other substance use among college students.

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She also serves as a Deputy Coordinator for Title IX, and sits on Bates’ Behavioral Intervention Team. Other regular tasks include hiring temporary faculty, guiding departmental and program reviews, supporting departments and programs within her divisions, responding to curricular or course-related concerns. Her research interests in political science center around ocean governance, and conflict resolution in international affairs.

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Aw is responsible for leading, coordinating, monitoring, and assessing institutional work related to AU’s Plan for Inclusive Excellence. She works collaboratively with the vice presidents, provost, and deans to ensure institutional strategic goals related to diversity, equity, and inclusion are met, including management of and responses to sensitive issues. As a member of the President’s Cabinet, she advises university leadership on matters related to campus issues of inclusion, diversity and equity, and student engagement.

Aw is also the School of International Service’s Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, teaching graduate courses related to immigration, internationalization of higher education, and international higher education policy. (150 words)

Aw has led workshops and training for numerous organizations, including the Department of State and the Institute of International Education.

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Banks received her Ph.D. in Cultural Foundations of Education and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Women’s Studies, both from Syracuse University and specializes in sociology of education, cultural studies, multicultural education, and qualitative research.  Committed to educational reform and issues of inclusion, Banks draws from educational theory, feminist theory, and critical race theory in her work as the dean and in her teaching, research and writing.  Her book Black Women Undergraduates, Cultural Capital and College Success (Peter Lang, 2009) expands the theoretical concept of cultural capital and provides practical ways colleges and universities can recognize and utilize the cultural capital of all students.  She is also the co-author of the edited text, Teaching, Learning and Intersecting Identities in Higher Education (Peter Lang, 2012).  This book utilizes voices of scholars and students from a range of academic disciplines to analyze

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Prior to joining GW, Brian served as provost at Drexel University where, during his time the university had its largest, most academically qualified freshman class, the University’s highest retention rate, the highest overall research activity in history leading to the University’s first-ever Carnegie Classification as a R1 Doctoral University: Very High Research Activity. Blake also served as vice provost for academic affairs and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Miami, where he had oversight and advocacy of university-wide graduate programs (including the medical campus) and special responsibilities for the advocacy, enhancement, and policy matters regarding research programs for disciplines on the Coral Gables campus. Brian also served as associate dean for research & graduate studies and professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He started his faculty career at Georgetown University where he served as chair of the Department of Computer Science, among other posts, and where he initiated the university’s first graduate programs in Computer Science.

Brian’s research focuses on internet computing and software engineering particularly for software systems that span enterprise systems. He has held distinguished professor positions in the Departments of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering with joint appointments in various Colleges of Medicine. He served on five National Academies’ studies or committees and on the National Science Foundation’s Advisory Committee for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Internet Computing and has been funded by more than $12 million in sponsored research. Dr. Blake is an ACM Distinguished Scientist, IEEE Golden Core Member, and Governor of the IEEE Computer Society.

Brian has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Mercer University, and PhD in Information and Software Engineering from George Mason University. Blake and his wife, Bridget, also a Georgia Tech Engineer and MBA from Johns Hopkins, have two sons.

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She oversees the five departments that collectively comprise Health and Wellness for the University: Health Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, Health Promotion, Emergency Medical Services, and Accessibility Services. Together the staff of the departments totals about 200 people. The work of Health and Wellness supports and cares for 10,000 undergrads, graduate, and medical students. Prior to returning to Brown in 2018 to serve in her current role Dr. Britto was the Director of Health Services at Wellesley College for the previous 16 years. As a first generation college student, she received her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and her medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Returning to the east coast to train at Brown, Dr. Britto completed her residency and a general medicine fellowship at Rhode Island Hospital. While in fellowship she also received a Master of Science in Community Health. Prior to establishing a career in college health Vanessa practiced medicine in federally qualified health centers, helped to found a women’s health practice, and also developed a preventive cardiology program that she integrated into her private practice. She is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and lectures nationally and internationally on health care disparities, adolescent and women’s health. Dr. Britto is passionate about Brown University students’ health and welcomes opportunities to mentor students. A fun fact: she also loves jazz!

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She attended Duke University School of Law and practiced in Washington D.C. and then in Philadelphia. She left legal practice to teach at Villanova University School of Law, where she was for two years. For the last twenty-eight years, Kathy has been in Student Life at Villanova University in various Student Life positions. She works closely with the Vice President on a wide range of issues and directly supervises a number of different student life functions including Student Engagement, First & Second Year Programs, and Fraternity & Sorority Life. While at Villanova she also obtained a Master’s degree in Theology in 2006.

Kathy also serves as Board Chair of the Association of Student Affairs at Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASACCU). The mission of ASACCU is to promote the exploration and sharing of knowledge to further holistic student development founded on Catholic mission, values, and identity. ASACCU hosts an annual conference each summer for Student Affairs practitioners, this summer hosted at Villanova University from July 21 – 24, 2020.

When not on campus, Kathy enjoys time with her amusing husband and her fluffy Bichon, Macy, both of whom bring her much joy. She takes adventuresome vacations, planned by family members, including in 2019 walking the Cotswold Way in England and biking through the Canadian Rockies.

She can be reached via email at kbyrnes@villanova.edu.

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In addition to his service to Boston University, Dr. Campbell-Foster is active in NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) having served on national conference leadership committee and participating in NASPA Region 1 efforts.

Serving the field of higher education for more than fifteen years, Dr. Campbell-Foster earned his Doctorate in Education (higher education administration specialization) from Northeastern University, a Masters in College Student Personnel Administration from Canisius College, and a Bachelors in English from the State University of New York at Fredonia.

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Prior to ACE, Hollie spent 17 years working in student affairs at Tulane University, Lake Erie College, Loyola University New Orleans, and George Mason University. Her research interests focus on well-being among students and student affairs professionals, graduate student choice, student success, and race and ethnicity in higher education.

Hollie received her PhD from George Mason University and her MEd and BS from Kent State University.

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Cook went on to a faculty post in the graduate counseling psychology program at the University of Maryland-College Park, where she trained students in mental health practice in university counseling centers. In 1993, Cook was hired as the director of the Counseling Center at Loyola University Maryland, and prior to becoming Vice President in 2017, she held increasingly progressive leadership positions including supervising directors of medical and mental health services, alcohol and drug education and support services, and disability support services. During her tenure as a counseling center director, she served as an accreditation site visitor for the International Association of Counseling Services and an external reviewer for counseling and diversity related services at several Jesuit universities.

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She is a past recipient of the American Psychology Association’s Distinguished John D. Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Practice of Counseling Psychology and the Helen Roehlke Award for Outstanding Service in the Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies. Lastly, she has received the highest honor for a Psychologist in the American Psychology Association as a fellow. Her clinical areas of special interest have included issues related to administration, training, eating disorders, diversity, sexuality, sexual assault/abuse, and student-athletes. During her time at Texas A&M, she was one of the founders of the ALLY’s Program and created the role of Coordinator of Counseling and Programming with Student Athletes. She has given numerous presentations regarding mental health issues of college students as well as published on the same topic locally and nationally.

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He has served as an administrator at Texas Tech University, Johnson C. Smith University, and Temple University. More recently, Patrick was the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Vice President for Student Life at University of the Pacific, and now serves as the Vice President for Student Affairs at San Jose State University, responsible for co-curricular learning, enrollment management, and an array of student services. His portfolio includes 30 departments and is responsible for a staff of 524 full-time professionals, and 1300 students.

Patrick is deeply committed to the provision of transformational higher education opportunities and his work as an administrator, board chair, board member, mentor, and volunteer-leader have all contributed to his journey. In calmer moments, he is a cyclist, basketball player, and collector of vintage remote control toy cars.

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As President, Dr. DeGioia is dedicated to deepening Georgetown’s tradition of academic excellence, its commitment to its Catholic and Jesuit identity, its engagement with the Washington, D.C. community, and its global mission. Under his leadership, Georgetown has become a leader in shaping the future landscape of higher education and has recently completed a $1.5 billion fund-raising campaign dedicated to enhancing the lifelong value of a Georgetown education.

Dr. DeGioia is a leading voice in addressing broader issues in education. He previously served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Council on Education and is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the Forum for the Future of Higher Education as well as Chair of the Board for the Consortium on Financing Higher Education. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Board of Directors for the Business-Higher Education Forum, the NCAA Board of Governors, the NCAA Division 1 Board of Directors and is Chair of the Division I NCAA Committee on Academics.

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A member of the Pennsylvania Bar, Tom served as an Assistant District Attorney for Delaware County, Pennsylvania after graduation. In 1994, Tom returned to Villanova and began teaching as an adjunct professor of communication while still serving as an ADA. He transitioned to a full-time career in higher education in 1996 and first served as Villanova’s Assistant Dean of Students before assuming the role of Executive Director for Residence Life. He has been the Dean of Students since 2018.

For the last 26 years, he has remained a member of Villanova’s adjunct faculty, teaching undergraduate communication courses and a graduate course in Education Law. He has also taught courses at Immaculata University and Penn State University – Brandywine Campus. When not on campus or in the classroom, Tom enjoys spending quality time with his wife and their three children and is always ready to tackle a home improvement project.

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Previously, Ms. Dieck served as a Senior Partner for Korn Ferry Leadership and Talent Consulting, based in Philadelphia. Ms. Dieck joined Korn Ferry from Marsh & McLennan Companies, where she was a partner in various consulting entities.

She began her career in the public health/social services sectors, with VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), working with underserved youth and then as a program manager for the first Medicaid health maintenance organization.

Ms. Dieck earned a BA from Harvard College and a MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the YWCA Academy of Women Leaders.

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Jon has been with the university since 2014, previously serving as the Assistant Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Campus Life, with responsibility for several offices and university initiatives for diversity and inclusion, service learning and civic engagement, and living and learning at Elon.

As an associate professor of education, Jon regularly teaches courses at the university, currently in the Master’s of Higher Education program, and previously in the undergraduate Core Curriculum. Throughout his career he has served as an instructor for graduate and undergraduate courses in leadership, diversity and inclusion, and college student personnel administration. His research and writing interests include service learning and civic engagement, leadership development, inclusive excellence, and student affairs in higher education.

Prior to his arrival at Elon, Jon held administrative leadership roles at Marquette University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with oversight and supervision for a variety of student affairs functional areas, including leadership development, student activities and organizations, student government advising, fraternity/sorority life, music programs, and student affairs assessment.
Jon is a frequent presenter at national student affairs conferences, serves as a co-lead facilitator for the LeaderShape Institute, and is a former chair of the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) Board of Directors. He is currently the treasurer for NASPA Region III, chair-elect of the NACA Foundation Board of Trustees, and a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice.

Jon received a B.A. in history and social studies education from St. Norbert College (WI), an M.Ed. in counseling psychology (college student personnel administration) from James Madison University (VA) and a Ph.D. in educational policy and leadership from Marquette University (WI). He is a Wisconsin native, currently living in Burlington, NC with his wife Stacie, Director of Student Life for the Elon Law School, and their two children.

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His broad research goal is to improve understanding of how to invest effectively in the mental health of young people. He directs the Healthy Minds Network (HMN) for Research on Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health (www.healthymindsnetwork.org). This research network administers the Healthy Minds Study, a national survey study of student mental health and related factors, and facilitates the development, testing, and dissemination of innovative programs and interventions for student mental health. He is currently writing a book about investments in children’s mental health, in collaboration with Ramesh Raghavan.

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He has a successful track record in academic leadership, student growth, program development, fundraising, strategic planning, and public speaking. Known for his commitment to an inclusive and a transparent leadership style, he has always demonstrated an ability to foster and work effectively within a system of collaborative governance. Dr. El-Rewini values diversity in all of its forms and has been instrumental in enhancing the diversity among all of the teams that he has led. Throughout his career in higher education, Dr. El-Rewini has led funded research projects, published numerous scholarly articles, supervised master’s and doctoral students and coauthored several books, including one of the earliest books written about parallel computing.

Prior to joining Marymount University, Dr. El-Rewini served as the Dean of the College of Engineering and Mines at the University of North Dakota (UND) from 2008 to 2019. At UND, he was instrumental in increasing both on-the-ground and online enrollment. He also oversaw improved retention rates and increased college research expenditures, as well as growth of student scholarships and total college endowment. In addition, he concurrently served as Senior Vice Provost of UND from April 2017 to June 2018. Before his time at UND, Dr. El-Rewini served for seven years at Southern Methodist University as chair of the department of Computer Science and Engineering, and eleven years at the University of Nebraska at Omaha as assistant/associate/full professor and chair ad interim of the department of Computer Science. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Oregon State University. He is also a registered engineer in the state of Texas.

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Mr. Fenton has been honored by numerous mental health organizations for his work in the field, and he was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award by Barack Obama. Mr. Fenton graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, with a BA in Political Science and a certificate from the Civic Scholars Program for Social Action and Civic Engagement.

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He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences, of the US National Academy of Medicine, of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association, an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.

Prior to joining Georgetown as provost he was director of the US Census Bureau (presidential appointment with Senate confirmation), a position he assumed after being director of the University of Michigan Survey Research Center, professor of sociology, and research professor at the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland.

Groves has authored or co-authored seven books and scores of peer-reviewed articles. His 1989 book, Survey Errors and Survey Costs, was named one of the 50 most influential books in survey research by the American Association of Public Opinion Research. His book, Nonresponse in Household Interview Surveys, with Mick Couper, received the 2008 AAPOR Book Award. His co-authored book, Survey Nonresponse, received the 2011 AAPOR Book Award.

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His extensive research and record of publication combines multiple disciplines including neuroscience, physics, cognitive science, cellular biology, biomedical engineering, and mathematical and computational modeling.

Grzywacz combines a technical background with a deep appreciation for the value of the humanities; his research on the human visual system has facilitated breakthroughs in treating some forms of blindness and led him down his latest research path, which focuses on human vision and cognition and how the brain perceives beauty.

From 2014 until his appointment as Loyola’s provost in 2020, Dr. Grzywacz served as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University, where he also held faculty appointments in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Georgetown University Medical Center.

Prior to his time at Georgetown, Dr. Grzywacz served as the Dwight C. and Hildagarde E. Baum Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the director of the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles.

In addition to these leadership roles, he was professor of neuroscience and of biomedical and electrical engineering while at USC. He also served as a postdoctoral fellow and research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Prior to MIT, Dr. Grzywacz was also a senior scientist at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, a nonprofit organization in San Francisco devoted to helping the blind.

He received his bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1980 and his PhD in neurobiology in 1984 from the same institution.

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In his AVP/Dean of Students role, Leon will provide oversight and guidance to Residential Life, Orientation and First Year Programs, Fraternity and Sorority Life, the Student and Family Care office, International Student Services, Community Standards and Responsibility (College Conduct office), Accessibility Services, and the Title IX office. Leon joined the Rollins College Student Affairs division in 2007 as Director of Residential Life, was then promoted to Senior Director of Student Life, and has been serving as Associate Dean of Students over the past two years. In his current role, he is responsible for overall management and leadership for the residential life and exploration programs, overseeing the College’s 19 residence halls housing more than 1,300 students as well as Rollins’ new student orientation programs. Leon has more than 20 years of experience in higher education. Along with residential life, orientation, and first-year programs, Leon has experience in crisis coordination and response, campus programming, student conduct, and student organization advising.

In addition to his roles in student affairs, Leon teaches in the Business department, and is a valuable leader of numerous College committees, teams, and trainings. In addition to his professional experience at Rollins, Leon has also worked in student affairs roles at the University of Northern Colorado, Texas Tech University, and the University of Kansas. Leon received his bachelor of arts in communication from the University of Northern Colorado, his master of education from Texas Tech University, and he earned his MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College.

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Dr. Howe is recognized as an expert in international medicine and a humanitarian leader known for his ability to bring people together to make a measurable difference, as well as for his strong history of building and growing organizations. During Dr. Howe’s presidency from 2001-2015, Project HOPE grew from $100 million to over $300 million in annual revenues and expanded its areas of distributing medicine, treating diseases, and promoting health education on a global scale.

Dr. Howe held the Distinguished Chair in Health Policy at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and served as the Center’s chief executive from 1985- 2000. He is currently its President Emeritus. Under his guidance, the Health Science Center rose to national prominence, landing on numerous surveys of the top academic medical centers in the country. Dr. Howe also helped develop the University of Massachusetts Medical School and served as the Vice Chancellor of its Medical Center. Dr. Howe is board certified in both internal medicine and cardiovascular disease, having completed cardiology training at Harvard’s Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. He holds fellowships in the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association.

Dr. Howe has served on numerous boards and councils, and currently is on the board of MAXIMUS Federal, Millendo Therapeutics and the Mary Christie Foundation (Chair and President). His distinguished board service record includes the Chinese Center for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, the John E. Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health, the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Beverly Enterprises, and BB&T Bank, on which he served as Chair of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. Dr. Howe has served as president of the Texas Medical Association and chair of the Texas Statewide Health Coordinating Council. Dr. Howe has received numerous honors and awards for his work and service, including the U.S. Army’s Commander’s Award for Public Service, the Award of Excellence from the International Association of Business Communicators, the Surgeon General’s Exemplary Service Award, the Magnolia Award from the City of Shanghai, China, and the Boston University Distinguished Alumni Award.

Throughout his career, Dr. Howe has been a national advocate for the importance of continued medical research. He has spoken in more than 30 states and 20 countries and presented testimony to the U.S. Congress. In 2019 Dr. Howe spoke to members of major corporate boards at the Directors Forum in San Diego on the topic of Global Risk Factors, and he delivered the Dalen Distinguished Lecture for Health Policy at the University of Arizona.

Dr. Howe is a graduate of Amherst College, Boston University School of Medicine, and Harvard Business School’s Program in Health Systems Management. He served two years in the Army Medical Corps. He is married to Tyrrell Flawn and has nine grandchildren.

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Prior to Wellesley, she was VP of Student Affairs at Loyola University of Maryland and at Boston College where she served in several roles, including associate vice president of student affairs and dean of students. Dr. Horton knows student life from many vantage points as she has taught undergraduate and graduate students, is a trustee of her alma mater, Emmanuel College, and is herself the parent of a recent college graduates. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Boston College.

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A career spent guiding and nurturing students has taken Hinkson to roles as diverse as her first job as an admission counselor at Bowdoin College in Maine to her position as director of undergraduate advising for the University of California, Berkeley’s College of Letters and Sciences, where she oversaw services for more than 18,000 liberal arts students from 2004 to 2011. In 2011, Hinkson returned to Barnard, her alma mater, where she works with colleagues to shape the student experience and campus culture while sustaining direct involvement with many of Barnard’s 2,500 undergraduate women and serving as a key partner in Barnard’s unique connection with Columbia University.

Dean Hinkson joined Pomona in August of 2018. She oversees the Dean of Students office, governing: student affairs, campus life, residence halls, the dining program, Career Development Office, Smith Campus Center, programs like KSPC, Asian American Resource Center, Draper Center for Community Partnerships, Queer Resource Center, the Title IX coordinator and related support services, the Women’s Union, Outdoor Education Center and policy and non-academic compliance matters.

Born and raised in Brooklyn NY, Avis loves to read and travel. Of Caribbean heritage, she enjoys spicy food especially curries.

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In addition he holds Professorships at Washington University in St. Louis MO, Dartmouth in Lebanon, NH, and Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He is known internationally for his work in genetic and environmental influences on developmental psychopathology and Wellness (and has a book by that title).  He is also known for his work in developmental neuroimaging of adversity and wellness outcomes. Dr. Hudziak has created a number of clinical and health strategies aimed at developing healthy brains, so that healthy bodies will follow.  He is the creator of the Vermont Family Based Approach, an innovative health promotion and illness prevention model for children and families.  In addition he created the innovative Wellness Environment (WE) program at the University of Vermont which has garnered national and international attention for the approach of incentivizing young adults to pursue healthy lifestyle choices related to their physical and emotional health. He has been identified as being a member of the top 1% of Doctors in the United States, has published over 230 peer-reviewed publications and is considered by many to be a thought leader in the field of promoting brain health as a strategy to deal with the stress of life.

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In her role, Dr. Johnson provides leadership for a broad range of work focused on student access and success, diversity and inclusion work with students, consults with schools and units across the institution, and contributes to Georgetown’s work with the American Talent Initiative.

Dr. Johnson completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, and both her Master’s in Counseling and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Marquette University. Prior to coming to Georgetown, she was a member of the Loyola University Maryland faculty as an Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the African and African American Studies Program. At Loyola, she also co-chaired the institutional Racial Justice Training Implementation. She has published extensively on a range of topics, with a particular focus on cultural competence and recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups in higher education. She is a licensed psychologist and her extensive clinical experience further deepens the perspectives she brings to her work. Additionally, she is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, is a certified Nia Technique dance teacher, and a comedian.

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Throughout his career, he has created partnerships with faculty to drive student success and worked as the director of a top tier MBA program.

As a professional committed to livelong learning and understanding of the human condition, Dr. Johnson earned degrees in Psychology, College Student Personnel and Business Management – Organizational Leadership. Dr. Johnson completed his dissertation that examined the influence of college relationships on the retention of African American men at historically black colleges and universities.

Dr. Johnson has remained active in higher education by presenting on college campuses throughout the United States and Canada on issues related to diversity, human dignity, student retention, emotional intelligence, and change management. He enjoys membership in the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, the American College Personnel Association, and the National Association for Student Affairs Professionals.

Most importantly, Dr. Johnson and his wife Valencia are the proud parents of Olivia Grace Johnson (3 yr) and Ava Grace Johnson (1 yr). Olivia and Ava are constant reminders of his purpose and obligation to improve the human condition and contribute to the world.

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He holds bachelors (civil engineering), masters (statistics), and Ph.D. (geology) degrees, all from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi, and was a Fulbright Scholar in the Czech Republic in 1994. He has served as a visiting faculty member at Charles University in Prague and Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia.

Dr. Johnson’s teaching interests include environmental chemistry, soil chemistry, environmental data analysis, and the history of water infrastructure. His research interests fall in the broad area of environmental chemistry. He is involved in research on the chemistry of natural organic matter, which plays an important role in soil fertility, trace metal transport, and the acid-base status of soils and natural waters. He has ongoing research interests in the fate of trace metals (Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni) in the environment, and has served on EPA and National Academy panels related to lead pollution. In his spare time, he serves as a high-school basketball referee in central New York.

Chris Johnson has been Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at Syracuse University since August, 2018. He has been a member of the Syracuse University faculty since 1990, previously serving as chair of the department of civil and environmental engineering and as interim director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program. He holds bachelors (civil engineering), masters (statistics), and Ph.D. (geology) degrees, all from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi, and was a Fulbright Scholar in the Czech Republic in 1994. He has served as a visiting faculty member at Charles University in Prague and Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia.

Dr. Johnson’s teaching interests include environmental chemistry, soil chemistry, environmental data analysis, and the history of water infrastructure. His research interests fall in the broad area of environmental chemistry. He is involved in research on the chemistry of natural organic matter, which plays an important role in soil fertility, trace metal transport, and the acid-base status of soils and natural waters. He has ongoing research interests in the fate of trace metals (Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni) in the environment, and has served on EPA and National Academy panels related to lead pollution. In his spare time, he serves as a high-school basketball referee in central New York.

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Dr. Landphair’s areas of expertise include student development, gender and women in higher education, and the history of American higher education. She is a scholar of New Orleans history and has published articles about the city after World War II. Dr. Landphair has taught classes in U.S. history, women’s and gender studies, and the first-year college experience. She was named an Influential Woman of Virginia by Virginia Lawyers Weekly and was awarded the Bob E. Leach Award For Outstanding Service to Students. She is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, and Omicron Delta Kappa.

Prior to her arrival at UMW, Dr. Landphair served as the Dean of Westhampton College at the University of Richmond.

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Lerner is a faculty member at NYU, is on the teaching staff in the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at the University of Pennsylvania, and guest lectures regularly at universities across the country. In the classroom and in his talks, Lerner integrates storytelling, humor, and science, helping students and professionals apply his teachings into their lives with immediate benefit. “The Science of Happiness,” a course that he has co-taught to over 6000 students for the past nine years with Dr. Alan Schlechter, is currently the largest and most popular non-required offering at New York University, in great part due to the positive changes that students report throughout the semester. Following a decade at International Creative Management (where he specialized in the representation and development of young performers) and at 21C Media Group (where he was a co-founder and the director of artist development), Lerner studied closely with renowned sports psychologist Dr. Nathaniel Zinsser—a Director of The Center for Enhanced Performance at the United States Military Academy at West Point—focusing on coaching and performance enhancement techniques employed by professional and Olympic athletes. He holds a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and his book U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life), was released in Spring 2017 by Little, Brown, and Company.

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Janet joined Bowdoin in 2003 as visiting assistant professor of sociology and was named associate dean of student affairs and dean of first-year students in 2008. Janet left the College in the summer of 2016 to become dean of students at Kenyon College, but returned a year later to serve in the newly created position of dean of students at Bowdoin. In July 2019, Dr. Lohmann became the Senior Vice President and Dean for Student Affairs. Throughout her career, Janet’s work has included deep immersion in the issues that frame student affairs, including residential life, athletics, conduct, safety and wellness, inclusion and diversity, Title IX, accessibility and service learning, among others.

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She has advised public agencies, campaigns, private companies and non-profit organizations on policy-related communications, government relations, public relations and marketing. For twelve years, she was the Vice President of Public Affairs at The MENTOR Network, a national health and human services company based in Boston. From 2007 to 2013, Ms. Malpiede was the Vice President of Programming and Public Affairs for MassINC and CommonWealth magazine, a non-partisan research organization and policy journal. Ms. Malpiede has a Masters in Public Affairs from the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at UMass Boston and a BS from Drew University. She is a member of the Board of Directors at The Boston Children Chorus, a social justice organization dedicated to harmony through music.

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She has a demonstrated record of success in evaluating, planning, and managing a diverse array of student services and programs including Student Leadership and Engagement, Multicultural Affairs, Residential Programs, Fraternity and Sorority Life, New Student Orientation and Programs, Career Services, and Experiential Learning, among other areas; and is regularly sought to review programs in these areas.

As a campus leader she’s been responsible for strategic initiatives that promote co-curricular learning environments, has been key to creating and implementing effective crisis management response, and serves as a vigorous advocate for creating the optimum environments for student success.

Her current supervisor says, “Terry has consistently demonstrated an effective and collaborative leadership style, is a thoughtful and strategic thinker, a staunch advocate for students, and a successful manager and team builder.” She arrived at Hamilton College in August 2017 and currently serves as the Vice President and Dean of Students.

Prior to arriving at Hamilton, Terry has worked at both large and small institutions and served as the Associate Vice Provost and Dean of Students at Johns Hopkins University, was the interim dean of students at Columbia University after serving as Dean of Community Development and Multicultural Affairs/Associate Dean of Students, and served in numerous roles at both Ithaca College and Wells College.

Terry currently serves as the Region II Director for NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, while concurrently serving on NASPA’s Board of Directors.

A native New Yorker, she holds a master’s degree in Applied Psychology from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the State University College at Buffalo.

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Joshua’s work in higher education has included overseeing student services areas, financial management and planning, human resource management, policy development, and assessment. He earned his Ph.D. from Syracuse University.

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Dr Meek started his professional career as a one-person counseling center serving 4000 students at Washington State University Vancouver. He is best known for the Urgent Care Model of Mental Health, which is a culturally-informed system of providing psychological care. The model focuses on same day access to treatment, concise counseling sessions (which are 25-30 minutes), an immediate treatment orientation, and flexible follow up options for students.

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Dr. Meilman earned an A.B. from Harvard University, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and completed his internship in clinical psychology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Prior to coming to Georgetown, he served as director of the student mental health service at Cornell University (7 years) and at the College of William and Mary (6 years). Earlier he worked at Dartmouth College and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Beginning in 1990, he served as co-director of The Core Institute Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Studies based at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale for nearly two decades.

Books and monographs authored by Dr. Meilman include: Beating the College Blues:  A Student’s Guide to Coping with the Emotional Ups and Downs of College Life, First and Second Editions (with P.A. Grayson), Alcohol and Drugs on American College Campuses:  Use, Consequences, and Perceptions of the Campus Environment, Volumes I, II, III, and IV (with C.A. Presley and R. Lyerla), and College Mental Health Practice (also with Grayson).

He is also published in Developmental Psychology, Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, The Clinical Journal of Pain, Journal of College Student Personnel, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management,Journal of American College Health, International Journal of the Addictions, Journal of College Student Development, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, and College Mental Health Practice, among others.  After serving a five-year term, he is now Editor Emeritus for the Journal of College Student Psychotherapy.

Dr. Meilman is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Education, and Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare. He was also the recipient of The Martin S. Wallach Award at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the outstanding doctoral candidate in clinical psychology in 1977. He was named an honorary lifetime member of the Black Faculty and Staff Forum at College of William and Mary for his efforts to recruit black professionals to the university.

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Named the Ambassador John M. Steeves Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Mikhalevsky, is also the recipient of the Elizabeth J. Somers Award for Outstanding Leadership in Women’s Education from Mount Vernon College. Dr. Mikhalevsky has served as Vice President for Strategy and Policy and as Interim Dean of the College of Education at the University of Mary Washington. Before coming to coming to UMW, she served as Dean for Academic Programs and Planning in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at the George Washington University and Director of the Elizabeth Somers Center and Women’s Leadership Program at George Washington University. Dr. Mikhalevsky’s areas of research include ethics, aesthetics, and political theory, culturally relevant pedagogies, Women in STEM, and the history of women’s education.

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Before coming to Skidmore, he served for seven years as the Krebs Provost and Dean of the Faculty at Lake Forest College, where he led a number of initiatives, including coordinating the planning for a $43 million expansion and renovation of science facilities. Prior to that, he was a faculty member for more than 20 years at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, where he served as a professor of art history, department chair, and special assistant to the president for strategic and financial planning. He earned his bachelor’s degree in art history at University College London, UK, and his master’s and doctoral degrees in art history at Cornell University. A scholar of late medieval English illuminated manuscripts, he is co-author of three volumes in the Harvey Miller series An Index of Images in English Manuscripts from the Time of Chaucer to Henry VIII, c. 1380-c. 1509.

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He worked at the University of Denver for sixteen years and earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education there, writing his dissertation on partnerships between faculty and student affairs staff. At Denver, Todd was one of the founders of the Pioneer Leadership Program, a signature academic and residential learning program.

Todd has worked at Georgetown since 2002. In his role as Vice President, he provides leadership for a comprehensive student affairs program with 15 departments and about 130 professional staff. He has served on the steering committee of the Engelhard Initiative (a curriculum infusion program linking student mental health and general education courses) from its inception. He served as Chair of Georgetown’s AJCU Mission Examen self-study committee in 2017-18. Todd currently serves as President of JASPA – the Jesuit student affairs association. He was a member of the Policy Committee for the Patriot League Athletic Conference for ten years. Todd is a graduate of ACJU’s Ignatian Colleagues Program.

Todd has served as a faculty member at three student affairs training institutes, and has presented extensively at national and regional conferences. He was one of the lead authors of a set of principles for student affairs practice at Catholic colleges and universities, and has co-authored articles on entrepreneurial leadership and on curriculum infusion. He recently wrote a book chapter on managing controversial events at a Catholic institution. Todd is an adjunct assistant professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at Georgetown.

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Dr. Morrison is the University’s 2nd ranking officer. Since her appointment, she has overseen several key efforts designed to enhance BU’s academic quality and global competitiveness, including the development of a University-wide process for academic program review, the launch of a University-wide Arts Initiative, and the establishment of new Associate Provost positions to lead and oversee the University’s efforts in graduate education, digital learning and innovation, and diversity and inclusion.

A geologist by training, Dr. Morrison’s research in earth sciences has focused on understanding the evolution of the earth’s crust over time, with particular emphasis on the physiochemical characteristics in earthquake fault systems, as well as the properties of the earth’s deep crust. She has served as an editor of the Journal of Metamorphic Geology and associate editor of both the American Minerologist and the Geological Society of America Bulletin. Prior to her arrival at BU, she was a Professor of Earth Science and Executive Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at the University of Southern California.

At BU, Dr. Morrison is a professor in the Department of Earth & Environment. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1988; her M.S. from the University of Georgia in 1983; and her B.A. from Colgate University in 1980.

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With a background in applied mechanics and current interests in innovation in higher education, Miller is the author of more than 100 reviewed journal articles and other technical publications. He received the 2017 Brock International Prize in Education for his many contributions to the reinvention of engineering education in the 21st century. Together with two Olin colleagues, he received the 2013 Bernard M. Gordon Prize from the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. Recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is a member of both the NAE and the National Academy of Inventors. In 2011, he received the Marlowe Award for creative and distinguished administrative leadership from the American Society for Engineering Education. Miller served as Chair of the National Academies Board on Higher Education and Workforce (BHEW), and Chair of the Engineering Advisory Committee of the U.S. National Science Foundation. He has also served on advisory boards and committees for Harvard University, Stanford University, the NAE, NAS, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in addition to others. Furthermore, he has served as a consultant to the World Bank in the establishment of new universities in developing countries. A frequent speaker on engineering education, he received the 2002 Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award from the University of California at Davis, where he earned his B.S. He earned his M.S. from MIT and Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, where he received the 2014 Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award.

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She has a reputation for ensuring all students feel a deep connection and a sense of belonging to their college experience. Recognized nationally as a thought leader in higher education, she is a proven change agent who uses assessment and strategic planning to implement institutional priorities. Dr. Petty presents extensively on issues of leadership, culture, and collaboration.

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She oversees a staff of 100 employees from five clinical and two administrative departments. Dr. Platt serves as a university representative for health-related matters on campus and is actively involved with many committees on campus including the Sexual Misconduct Working Group, Alcohol Task Force, Student Health Insurance Committee, and the Gender-Affirming Healthcare Committee.

Prior to joining Boston University, she served as the Director of Maternity Care for the Tufts Family Medicine Residency. She practiced full-spectrum family medicine including inpatient care while teaching residents and medical students. As a faculty member she developed curriculum in the areas of Women’s Health and Maternity Care. She served as an instructor for the Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) course educating providers of obstetric care on the latest practices to respond to obstetrical emergencies.

Dr. Platt completed her residency in Family and Community Medicine at Albany Medical Center, serving as chief resident in her final year. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and received her BS in Biology and Philosophy from the University of Scranton in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and three children.

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Prior to joining UDC, Dr. Potter served as an Academic Dean at two minority-serving institutions—three years as Dean of the Dollye M. E. Robinson College of Liberal Arts at Jackson State University (a Historically Black University) and four years as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of La Verne (a Hispanic-Serving University). He brings more than 20 years of higher education leadership experience as a tenured professor, department chair, associate dean, two-time chief diversity officer, and Principal Investigator/Director of McNair Scholars Program.

Dr. Potter’s professional experiences at diverse types of U.S. higher education institutions (public/private, liberal arts/comprehensive/research-intensive, urban/rural/regional, HBCU/HSI/PWI) have made him a highly sought speaker, consultant, and commentator on matters related to: college access, student success and retention initiatives, faculty development and advancement, academic budgeting and strategic planning, institutional climate and culture (diversity and inclusion), international education, curricular innovation and program development/growth, as well as fundraising, governance, and external relations.

In 2003, he was named a Fulbright-Hayes Lecturer at Hong Kong Shue Yan University. In 2009-2010, Dr. Potter was selected as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow and spent a year at DePaul University. In 2008, the St. Paul Foundation awarded him the Facing Race Ambassador Award for his anti- racism work in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota in 2008. A champion of diversity and inclusivity initiatives, Dr. Potter developed the Center for Intercultural Advancement and Student Success, the Diversity Scholar-in-Residence, and the Council on Diversity and Equity at Allegheny.

Diverse Issues in Higher Education did a three-part series recognizing his transformative leadership on diversity, inclusion, and the impact of race in higher education. He was selected as Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (for January 2019), and his work and diversity models have been used by many colleges and universities, nationally and internationally.

A respected teacher-scholar, Dr. Potter has served on faculties at Western Michigan University (WMU), University of St. Thomas (UST), Allegheny College, Jackson State University (JSU), and at the University of La Verne (ULV). He was awarded the Lewis Walker Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award at WMU and the William B. Malevich Faculty Leadership Award at UST for his outstanding teaching and mentoring of students and faculty. He has published a number of articles in the Encyclopedia of African-American Literature and other publications, including “Brother to Brother: Collected Writings by Black Gay Men,” “Invisible Life,” and “Literary Authenticity: Life, Reality, and Experience as Reflected in Black Literature.” His essay, “Still Invisible, Still Voiceless: Or, Still Too Taboo?” in Ain’t Nobody Worryin’: Maleness and Masculinity in Black America (2011), was recognized by the American Men’s Studies Association (AMSA) as best scholarly contribution on black masculinity. He recently completed a monograph on famed Harlem Renaissance author and critic Wallace Henry Thurman’s Harlem’s Forgotten Genius: The Life and Literary World of Wallace Henry Thurman and is editing a collection of essays on race and ethnicity in 21st-century higher education. Dr. Potter has presented more than 100 academic papers at national and international conferences.

Over the course of his academic career, Dr. Potter has acquired both federal agency and private foundation grants, totaling more than $10 million. He currently serves on the American Conference of Academic Deans (ACAD) Board of Directors and rotated off the San Bernardino Catholic Elementary Schools (SBCES) Board of Directors.

Dr. Potter graduated magna cum laude with a triple major in English, philosophy, and religion, from Stillman College and earned his Master’s and Ph.D. in English, with distinction, from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has traveled and lectured extensively in Africa, Asia, and Europe.

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Effective June 1, 2018 Bonnie became the first Dean of Student at Ithaca College. As the Dean of Students she serves as an advocate and support for Ithaca College students, helping them to find the resources they need in order to be successful. Bonnie also provides oversight for the Offices of Residential Life and Judicial Affairs, Case Management, New Student and Transition Programs and the Center for Counseling, Health and Wellness.

During her time at Ithaca Bonnie has led the development of new program initiatives like the First-year Residential Experience, engaged in long range planning like the development and implementation of the new Ithaca College strategic plan and led major assessment efforts like the college’s recent Middle States Reaccreditation. Throughout her career Bonnie has been actively involved in the Association for College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I). As a member of the organization she has chaired the ACUHO-I Annual Conference, led the National Housing Training Institute and served two terms on the Executive Board. She has received a number of awards to recognize work including the ACUHO-I President’s Service Award and the Herstory Award.

Bonnie received a Master’s Degree in Student Personnel Services from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Management from Lehigh University.

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A frequent speaker and presenter, both regionally and nationally, he often consults with other college and university behavioral intervention teams (BIT) around the country on best practices for developing, administering, and evaluating the effectiveness of BITs.

Dr. Reese is a member of the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association (NaBITA) advisory board and was President of the Association in 2016. He serves on the editorial board for The Journal of Campus Behavioral Intervention (J-BIT), is a faculty member at The Threat Management Institute.

He earned a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from Argosy University, a M.Ed. from Clemson University in Administration and Supervision, and received his B.S. in Education from the University of West Georgia. With nearly 30 years’ experience in higher education, Dr. Reese has spent much of the last 18 years as dean of students, while on two occasions served as Interim Vice President within the University System of Georgia. He has had oversight in the areas of Student Health Services, Counseling Center, Disability Services, Campus Police, Residence Life, Student Life, Student Conduct, Campus Recreation, and Enrollment Services, which included Marketing, Recruitment, Admissions, Financial Aid, and the Office of the Registrar. Dr. Reese has also been a finalist in a college presidential search.

Before moving into higher education administration, Dr. Reese was a college baseball coach at the NCAA I, NCAA II, NAIA, and NJCAA levels. He served as chair for the NCAA II, All-American Selection Committee, has over 400 wins as a head coach, and was twice named the College Coach of the Year. This, along with his experience in student conduct and Title IX investigations and training, provides Dr. Reese with a unique perspective for college athletics.

Dr. Reese is a past-chair of the University System of Georgia, Regents Advisory Committee for Student Conduct Officers, a founding member of the Georgia College Suicide Prevention Coalition, and serves on the University System of Georgia’s Public Safety Committee and Mental Health Task Force. Additionally, he has chaired Columbus State University’s behavior intervention team and is a Deputy Title IX Coordinator. Dr. Reese developed the De-Escalation Decision Tree (D2T) tool, designed to assist BITs in developing, managing, and implementing team policies and practices. The D2T has been adopted by college and universities across the country and within the United Kingdom.

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Her course, Psychology and the Good Life, teaches students how the science of psychology can provide important hints about how to make wiser choices and live a life that’s happier and more fulfilling. Her course became Yale’s most popular course in over 300 years, with almost one of our four students at Yale enrolled. The class was adapted into a free online course on Coursera.org which now has over 450,000 learners. Her happiness work has been featured in numerous news outlets including the New York Times, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, GQ Magazine, Slate and O! Magazine. A winner of numerous awards both for her science and teaching, she was recently voted as one of Popular Science Magazine’s “Brilliant 10” young minds, and was named in Time Magazine as a “Leading Campus Celebrity.” She is also the host of a new podcast called The Happiness Lab.

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Alan teaches “The Science of Happiness” to almost 1,000 NYU students each year, in which he shares the mental health education that he believes all people should receive early in life. Alan is interested in using the best science that we have to foster behaviors and thoughts that might help prevent mental illness and grow well-being in all people, even doctors. In addition to co-authoring U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life), he recently co-edited Becoming Mindful: Integrating Mindfulness Into Your Psychiatric Practice. He is a highly competitive Connect Four player and lives in Greenwich Village with his wonderful wife and two spectacular daughters.

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She pursues a career that integrates science and education focused on improving undergraduate education at scale. Her current, NSF-funded research is focused on networks of organizations working to advance undergraduate STEM education. In addition to a PhD in biology from Rensselaer, she completed a teacher certification program in New York State. Susan is a AAAS fellow and received both the American Society of Plant Biology teaching award and Botanical Society of America Charles Bessey award. She directed Carleton’s Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching, was an NSF program officer in Biology, and is a co-author of the Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology report and two introductory biology texts. Susan has served on numerous boards, including the NSF EHR Advisory Committee, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Board, the American Society of Plant Biologists Education Foundation Board, the Botanical Society Board of Directors, and was a member of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Board on Science Education. She is past chair of the AAAS Education Section and serves on both the NASEM Board on Life Sciences and Roundtable on Systematic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education. She has participated in six NASEM studies, including chairing the committees that authored America’s Lab Report, Promising Practices in STEM Undergraduate Education, and Discipline-based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science.

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Lou also served as Vice President for Student Life at Central College, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at Tulane University, Associate Dean of Students at Washington University in St. Louis. He has held a variety of other Student Affairs positions in residence life, Greek affairs, academic advising and admissions. Lou has served as a consultant for Trio Training programs and as a consultant to colleges and universities evaluating student affairs programs, risk management, Greek affairs, and the roles of college student affairs deans.

He received an M.S. in Education in Counseling from Hofstra University, a B.S. in Psychology from Davis and Elkins College and did additional graduate work in higher education administration at Drake University and the University of New Orleans. He received a certificate in management from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane.

Lou is past president and a former board member of the Iowa Student Personnel Association. He served on the board for the National Academy for Leadership and Executive Effectiveness, and has served on the Board of Trustees at Davis and Elkins College from 1988 to 1995. He served on the NCAA Division III Management Council and served on the President’s Council/Management Council Joint Legislative Steering Committee, the Strategic Planning and Finance Committee, and the Convention-Planning Subcommittee. For two years, Lou held the the positions of Chair of the Executive Committee, Delegates Committee Chair, and COO for the University Athletic Association.

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Previously, she served as Dean of Loyola College of Arts and Sciences, home of 20 departments in the humanities, social sciences, and the natural and applied sciences. Dr. Thomas joined the Loyola faculty in 1991 in the department of Psychology, was tenured and promoted to associate professor in 1997, and promoted to full professor in 2002. She has also served at Loyola as Department Chair, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies. In 2014-15, she served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Dr. Thomas received her B.A. from the College of William and Mary, a M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, and completed her predoctoral internship in clinical psychology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

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Prior to Syracuse, Marianne held various positions at American University including Executive Director of the Academic Support and Access Center and Associate Dean of Students. Additionally, Marianne was the Director of Disability Services at Georgetown University Law Center. Marianne taught in George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development’s Higher Education program for over ten years. Marianne is professionally active in NASPA and is particularly interested in the collaborative work of student affairs and academic affairs and women’s leadership. Marianne earned her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and her Master’s and doctorate from George Washington University.

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He is an accomplished and prolific scholar and experienced leader in higher education who has built a record of academic excellence throughout his career.

As dean at UNCW, Volety served as chief academic, fiscal, and administrative officer for the college that comprises more than 10,000 students and 26 departments across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. He guided the implementation of several new programs, including a doctoral program in psychology, a bachelor’s degree program in digital arts, and UNCW’s first engineering program, Coastal Engineering.

Volety holds a doctorate in marine science from the School of Marine Science at College of William & Mary, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in zoology from Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, India.

A native of India, Volety is passionate about creating international collaborations and partnerships among institutions of higher learning and communities across the globe. At UNCW, he organized the first Global Marine Science Summit in 2017 focusing on climate change and coastal resiliency. He routinely collaborates on scholarly work with colleagues from academic and scientific institutions throughout the world. His fellowships and professional training include National Academies of Sciences, Fulbright Fellowship, and Harvard University.

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She has had over thirty years of experience in Student Affairs including leadership positions at Columbia University, Purdue University, California State University, Long Beach and Scripps College. She has been a member of the faculty of the Leadership Development Program in Higher Education (LDPHE) since 2008 and is a Board member of the Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE). Her passion is mentoring young and mid-career Asian Pacific professionals in higher education.

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Dr. Wheeland began his Villanova career in 1990 as an Assistant Professor, earned promotion to Associate Professor with tenure in 1996 and to Full Professor in 2006. He has served as a graduate program director for 14 years, department chair for nearly six years, chair of numerous task forces and committees at Villanova, and held leadership positions in several professional associations. From May 2007 to December 2015, Dr. Wheeland served as Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. His appointment as Vice Provost for Academics began in January 2016.

Dr. Wheeland’s research interests include leadership by elected officials and professional administrators in city and suburban governments; collaborative problem-solving approaches, such as community-wide strategic planning; and municipal government institutions. His 16 articles have appeared in some of the leading journals in the field of public administration. He has also published ten book chapters and received external funding for three research projects.

His teaching interests at Villanova have featured public administration theory and history, urban politics and government, city management, and the intergovernmental and intersectoral management of public programs.

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Dr. Whitely has both a passion and skill for crisis management, higher education policy, and leadership. She has provided much needed compassion, guidance, and expertise for our students, their families, and the entire Hurricane community. An endowed fund dedicated solely to supporting those in crisis was established and honored with her namesake.

An impactful member of the UM community since 1982, she previously served as the Director of Student Life and various progressive positions within residence halls. Dr. Whitely is known for her willingness to mentor and provide guidance to students and staff alike. She hosts a four-week long senior reflections seminar for undergraduates, which was based on a capstone class that she participated in with her undergraduate mentor. Dr. Whitely connects her professional practice to theory for future higher education leaders as an adjunct faculty member for the Department of Educational and Psychological Studies in the School of Education.

NASPA, the leading national organization for higher education administrators, elected her as Board Chair in 2014. Dr. Whitely currently leads the NASPA SERVE Academy, which connects mid-to-senior professionals with leadership curricula and a professional mentor. She engages as a frequent presenter for NASPA annual and topical conferences, including the Alice Manicur Symposium for women aspiring to becoming a vice president for student affairs. She has also become involved with the National Catholic Campus Ministry Association and currently serves on the Executive Board.

Dr. Whitely has been honored numerous times for her work by both the University of Miami community and her colleagues. UM Student Government honored her by naming a new award – Patricia A. Whitely Unsung Hero Award – which recognizes an individual whose work to positively impact the community may go unnoticed. Faculty Senate awarded her with the James W. McLamore Outstanding Service and Leadership Award, which recognizes service above and beyond the call of duty. She received the American Red Cross Bank of America Education Award from the American Red Cross South Florida Region. Dr. Whitely has been recognized by ACPA as a Diamond Honoree and by NASPA with the Scott Goodnight Award for Outstanding Performance as a Senior Student Affairs Officer, with the Region III John Jones Award for Outstanding Performance, and as a Pillar of the Profession, recognizing distinguished individuals in higher education.

Dr. Whitely received her doctoral degree in Higher Education Leadership from the University of Miami, her master’s degree in Student Personnel Services from the University of South Carolina, and her bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Theology from St. John’s University (NY).

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