MEd, 2021 Kanler Cumbass is currently an associate at the Education Strategy Group where he focuses on postsecondary attainment. His research interests include Title IV/financial aid policy, and the impact student finances have on student success. Prior to his graduation, Kanler worked alongside Dr. Karen Webber and Dr. Amy Stich on their WREA National Science Foundation project. He also served as the Graduate Assistant for the UGA Mentor Program and studied college affordability/access and how those factors relate to retention rates for underrepresented student populations. Kanler attended Piedmont College where he received his Bachelors of Arts degree in History and Political Science. While at Piedmont College, Kanler served as a Resident Assistant, Student Government Association President, and was heavily involved in the institution’s Quality Enhancement Plan. Through this work on the QEP Steering Committee, Cumbass presented at the SACS-COC annual meeting in December of 2018.
