intersection of spirituality and higher education environments; diversity in higher education
Internationalization of higher education; International branch campuses; Student transitions to college
LGBTQ Studies; feminist and queer theory; friendship studies; television studies; trauma rhetoric; gender and sexuality in Appalachia; role of gender equity centers in higher education
organizational behavior; university governance; organizational citizenship behavior; university committees and teams
Retention; Women and under-represented students and faculty in STEM; Diversity and inclusion; College access; Policy
Higher education, federal financial aid policy, Pell Grants, Women in higher education, nontraditional and contemporary students in higher education, critical quantitative methods, critical theory
Partnerships, particularly international partnership
International Education; Intercultural Development; Teaching & Learning
Student transitions to college; College student alcohol and drug use; Student athletes; Scholar-practitioners in student affairs
Lived experiences of college students--particularly first-generation students--as well as the role of higher education, families, and communities in fostering student development, wholeness, and success; intersection of student development theory and equitable (face-to-face and online) learning environments; access to leadership learning for underserved student populations.
Assistant Vice President for Research & Insights, American Council on Education, Washington, DC
the intersections of leadership identity and women’s adult development, critical and emancipatory research methods, the scholarship of liberatory leadership teaching and learning.
College student access and success, quantitative research methodology, survey research, higher education policy, financial aid and college scholarship, institutional research, assessment, international comparative education
Higher education; inequality and mobility; culture; race, class, and gender; parent and family involvement in education; transition to adulthood; research methods; second-generation immigrant students
Modern European and American and comparative social history, history of emotions, world history
Transfer students, sense of belonging, student success, retention, and college student development