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MIHE at ASHE 2024
MIHE at ASHE 2024

The McBee Institute of Higher Education is at the Association for the Study of Higher Education's (ASHE) 49th Annual Conference from November 20th - 23rd, 2024.  The MIHE community is proud to have a large presence at the conference bringing 7 Faculty, 11 students, and 1 postdoc along with 12 MIHE alumni and 4 MIHE former postdocs. Combined, the MIHE community will participate in 52 sessions across the conference, with members giving 24…

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UGA’s Beyond the Arch Features Julianne O’Connell’s Commitment to Spearheading Service

Julianne O’Connell, a current McBee Institute Ph.D. candidate, was recently featured as a part of the University of Georgia’s Beyond the Arch, a collection of stories that highlights UGA’s top students and alumni who have taken their success far beyond the arch. As an adventurer with a heart for service and building community through food security, O’Connell exemplifies someone who has traveled beyond UGA and Athens to make a difference.  …

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Blaney Awarded NSF CAREER and ECR Awards to Examine Transfer Trajectories in Computer Science  

Dr. Jennifer M. Blaney, a newly appointed Associate Professor of Higher Education, will serve as principal investigator on two new NSF Awards – the CAREER Award valued at more than $625,000 and the EDU Core Research (ECR) Award, valued at almost $1.5 million. The NSF CAREER Award is a competitive funding opportunity awarded to faculty members who can serve as solid academic role models in educational and research fields. The NSF ECR Award…

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Assistant/Associate Professor Opening

The Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia invites applications for an early or mid-career professor position (tenure-track at assistant or associate rank) to begin August 1, 2025. The successful candidate will be expected to support student research interests on critical issues in higher education, teach core graduate-level courses, advise and mentor doctoral students in their studies and research, engage in…

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Cain and Taylor Named Fellows

McBee Institute of Higher Education faculty member Timothy R. Cain and McBee alumnus Barrett J. Taylor (Ph.D., 2012) have been named fellows at the American Association of University Professor’s new Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom. Launched as part of a $1.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation, the Center is designed to explore the current challenges to academic freedom, counter the surge in restrictive legislation, and push back…

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Ronald Johnson Named Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff

Dr. Ronald Johnson (EdD, 2023) has been named the Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).  As Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, Johnson will join the university’s executive leadership team and advise the president on administrative processes, special projects, and strategic initiatives that benefit the campus community. Johnson assumed these duties on…

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Anthony Leigh Named President of Huntingdon College

In May 2023, the Huntingdon College Board of Trustees named Dr. Anthony Leigh (EdD, 2019) as the college’s 15th President. Leigh’s tenure as president will begin on July 1, 2024.  Leigh has been a member of the Huntingdon College administration since 2009. Reflecting on his professional experiences at Huntingdon College, Leigh stated, “I’m blessed with a great staff that has helped me successfully serve in both roles. Serving Huntingdon…

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Hailu Joins the McBee Institute

The Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Meseret Hailu as assistant professor of higher education effective August 1, 2024. Dr. Hailu conducts sophisticated mixed methods research into student identity and educational opportunity and outcomes. She has done comparative studies into the experiences of undergraduate Black women in East Africa and the United States.  Dr. Hailu’s work has also…

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McBee Institute Welcomes Jad El Ladiki

The McBee Institute welcomes Jad El Ladiki as a special programs coordinator. He will primarily support the Executive Ed.D. and Governor’s Teaching Fellows programs. Jad is a 2022 graduate of the University of Florida, with a BA in Business Administration. Following his graduation from the University of Florida, Jad served as a Legal Clerk for a law office in Gainesville, Florida until he moved to Athens. Read more about Jad on his profile page.

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Institute Fellow C. Edward Watson Co-Authors New Book on AI

by William Walker As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more mainstream, so too do challenges with thinking, teaching, and learning with AI. For example, in a recent essay published in The Chronicle of Higher Education ("AI detection is a business. But should it be a faculty business?”), José Antonio Bowen and McBee Institute fellow, C. Edward Watson, discuss the lack of accuracy that is associated with certain online AI detection tools.…
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