HESS Officers, 2020/2021
The Higher Education Student Society (HESS) is active throughout the year offering academic, professional and social events (see photos below).
Alexa Arndt, president
Grace Covello, secretary
Sarah Burman, treasurer
Kanler Cumbass, master’s representative
IHE students take an active role supporting each other. HESS sponsored student previews of conference presentations, a new series on higher education publishing, and regular third Friday socials and mixers with other doctoral programs. With the transition to online classes this spring, HESS organized online socials and launched a virtual book club with Tressie McMillan Cottom’s THICK and Other Essays.
Research Roundtable is a student-led series that invites IHE faculty and students into conversations about research in higher education, with a specific focus on methods. Over the past year under the leadership of Amy Yandell and Matt Gregory, Roundtable offerings have grown to include a Journal Club focused on new studies in the literature on higher education, foundational studies undergirding our peers’ work, and self-care approaches to graduate school.
Recent peer-to-peer presentations included:
- Geographic Data in Stata –Stephen Mayfield presented interesting ways to manipulate geographic data in Stata.
- Mapping Techniques –Adrianna Gonzalez led a discussion of “mapping” techniques in qualitative inquiry and how it applies to research in higher education.
- Introduction to Tableau –Jennifer May-Trifletti provided an introduction to Tableau and its focus on liberating data and empowering and designing for people.
Assistantships, 2020/2021
The IHE faculty would like to express their appreciation to the units that sponsor IHE doctoral students through graduate assistantships. Thank-you for the amazing opportunities you create for our students!
American Academy of Religion
UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Georgia College Advising Corps
Governor’s Teaching Fellows
Journal of Outreach and Engagement
UGA Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities
UGA Division of Academic Enhancement
UGA Public Service and Outreach
UGA J.W. Fanning Institute of Leadership Development
UGA Graduate School
UGA Honors Program
UGA Housing and Residential Life
UGA International Student Affairs
UGA Mentoring Program
UGA Office of Government Relations
UGA Office of Institutional Diversity
UGA President’s Office
UGA Small Business Development Center
USG Board of Regents