Jennifer May-Trifiletti

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PhD, 2023

Jennifer May-Trifiletti is a researcher at Ithaka S+R on the Educational Transformation team. Before joining Ithaka S+R, Jennifer worked as a researcher in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan, where her projects focused on the educational and labor market outcomes of students enrolled in community colleges. She also previously worked in institutional research at Massasoit Community College (Brockton, MA) and Tufts University. 

While at the McBee Institute, Jennifer served as a graduate research assistant for Dr. Rob Toutkoushian and Dr. Jim Hearn. She received UGA’s Presidential Fellowship, the McBee Institute’s Zell and Shirley Miller Fellowship, and the McBee Institute’s Thomas G. Dyer Outstanding Dissertation Research Award. 

In addition to her Ph.D. from the McBee Institute of Higher Education at UGA Jennifer holds an M.A. in higher education from Boston College, a B.A. in secondary education and history from Boston College, and a graduate certificate in institutional research from Pennsylvania State University. She previously worked in institutional research at Massasoit Community College (Brockton, MA) and Tufts University (Medford, MA).
 

Email:
jennifer.may25@uga.edu
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AIR Forum, May 29-June 2, 2023

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Several current students and graduates joined Professor Karen Webber, AIR President, at the recent AIR Forum in…

Alexa Arndt (PhD 2023) served as a research assistant with the J. W. Fanning Institute. Her research interests include women in senior leadership roles within institutions of higher education. Arndt was also previously the president of the Higher Education…

The Institute of Higher Education is pleased to announce our 2020-2021 fellowship and award recipients.

While pursuing their degrees, our students continue to make an impact in our field and mark great accomplishments. We recognize four of our…

The IHE Community Supports Four Scholarships that Directly Assist Student Research

The rapid rise in popularity and monetization of Esports (virtual simulations of sports, competitive games, and military operations) in American culture is drawing the attention of higher education leaders.

The Institute will be well represented at the Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum in Denver, May 28-31. Faculty, students, and alumni will be presenting and leading discussion groups.  

Wednesday, May 29

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IHE faculty and students will be attending the 44th Annual AEFP Conference in Kansas City, MO on March 21-22, 2019.

Ph.D. candidate Hee Jung Gong will present a paper with Rob Toutkoushian on “The Impact of the TRIO Program on the College Choice…

"From 'First in Family' to 'First to Finish': Does College Graduation Vary by How First-Generation College Status Is Defined?" is a newly-published research article by Robert K. Toutkoushian, Jennifer A. May-Trifiletti, Ashley B. Clayton (former IHE…