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Andrew Crain
Crain's Policy Paper Wins Competition

Andrew Crain (PhD 2020) won first place in the Journal of Science Policy & Governance Policy position paper competition. His paper, "Inclusive Science Policy and Economic Development in the 21st Century: The Case for Rural America," provides four key recommendations for a more equitable science policy that taps into the rich potential of the rural US. "[T]he next frontier of science policy could very well be rural inclusion,"…

Kyle Tschepikow
Tschepikow Launches Office of Business Engagement

Kyle Tschepikow (PhD 2012) is the executive director for business engagement and innovation, effective August 2021. In this newly-formed position, he oversees the formation of the Office of Business Engagement., a merger of Corporate Relations and Industry Engagement. In addition to providing strategic leadership of the UGA Innovation District. Kyle's work will seek to strengthen university/industry collaboration to benefit student…

Russell Keen
Keen Assumes New Role at Augusta University

Dr. Russell Keen, (EdD, 2019), an administrator with more than 20 years’ experience in higher education, has been named executive vice president for administration and chief of staff to Augusta University President Brooks A. Keel. President Keel report that “as part of his ongoing work, Russell will have the overall responsibility of coordinating activities between all the executive vice presidents and shared services leaders, ensuring the…

HACU Dashboard
Perdomo's HACU Dashboard Promoted in Forbes

Rebecca Perdomo (PhD 2019) is featured in Forbes (August 16, 2021) "What Do We Know About Hispanic Serving Institutions?" Perdomo and colleagues at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Schools (HACU) launched a Hispanic-Serving Institution Dashboard to provide details about individual schools. On a macro-level, the Dashboard offers regional context and a visualization of where HSIs are growing. Perdomo offered several examples…

Nathan Moore
Nathan Moore Named Assistant to President Morehead

Effective August 16, Nathan Moore (IHE PhD 2020) will assume the position of assistant to the president at the University of Georgia. As assistant to the president, Nathan’s work will focus primarily on executive communications, strategic planning, regional accreditation, and university research and innovation. Nathan has more than 15 years of experience in higher education covering many functional areas, from university admissions to…

Dominique Quarles
Quarles Named VP for Access, Diversity & Inclusion at MSU

Dominique Quarles (PhD 2019) accepted a new position as assistant vice president for access, diversity, and inclusion at Mississippi State University, effective August 1. Dr. Quarles has served as the director of diversity and inclusion in the Office of Institutional Diversity at the University of Georgia since 2017.

Andrea Kiely
Kiely Joins UNC Asheville Career Center

Andrea Kiely (MEd 2021) accepted a position at UNC Asheville as the career coach in University's Career Center. Since her appointment, Kiely has been preparing for the students' return for fall classes, and is excited to get started working with them individually and in group settings. As part of her role, she also will supervise a group of student workers, called the "Career Peers," who support the work of the Center and extend the reach of the…

Josh Patterson
Patterson Leads Research at SoundRocket

Josh Patterson (PhD 2020) recently was named the research director for higher education studies at SoundRocket, a research study design implementation and analysis service. "I'm excited to join a company with an established reputation for sound social science research and to help build on their success in multi-institutional studies and campus climate research in higher education," said Patterson. Prior to this appointment, he had served as a…

Tim Letzring
Letzring Joins SACSCOC Board

Tim Letzring (IHE EdD) has been elected to serve on the board of trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The 77 member board oversees accreditation of about 800 public and private colleges and universities across 11 southern states. "It is a great opportunity to serve on the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, and I can tell already the tremendous learning experience this will provide me," said…

Riffe and Barringer
Riffe and Barringer Examine Staff Work-Life

Karley Riffe (IHE PhD 2018) and Sondra Barringer (former postdoc) found significant and persistent differences in staff salaries across institutions of higher education, over time, and across occupational families. Their research, recently published in the Review of Higher Education, focused on salaries, organizational structures and labor markets for non-instructional and non-administrator staff in four-year non-profit schools across the…
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