Jake D. Winfield recently completed his Ph.D. in Policy and Organizational Studies at Temple University’s College of Education and Human Development. Prior to graduate studies, he taught high school math in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas and Phoenix, Arizona. His research interests center the intersection of community-university relationships.
Burnout and Working Conditions in Higher Education During COVID-19: Recommendations for Policy and Practice
Exploring Institutional Rationales for Holistic Review in Graduate Admissions
Kathy Callies is University Registrar at Dakota State University in Madison, SD. With a break of fifteen years during which she worked with rural development projects and organizations in 32 states and fourteen countries, Callies is launching her 30th year in the Office of the Registrar. She has served as president for UMACRAO in addition to roles with other professional organizations. She acknowledges the benefits and experiences she has gained from working with colleagues and friends.
Becoming a Great Boss: It Looks Easy Enough, but Is It?
Jeff Weber has more than 30 years of experience in higher education policy and research. He is known for his acumen on transfer policy, transfer articulation for degrees, and the analysis finesse for application to students. He currently serves as the university-wide Assistant Program Director for the University Transfer Office at Indiana University. His scope of expertise spans propriety education, state level work, and higher education, allowing him to facilitate transfer and academic programs review.
A Challenge to Self-fulfilling Systems: Recognizing Transfer Currency, Exposing Equivalencies, and Tracking Outcomes
Jordan Binkowitz is a senior undergraduate student at Elon University. During the summer of 2021, Binkowitz was selected for Elon’s Student Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE), designed to enhance learning opportunities for students while encouraging collaboration in learning and research between faculty and students. Under the mentorship of Dr. Rodney Parks, Binkowitz conducted this qualitative study to better understand how students communicate co-curricular and academic experiences to employers.
Angela C. Lofaro, Ph.D., is the Senior Admissions Operations Specialist at Seton Hall University. She has more than a decade of experience working in higher education, specifically in the admissions field. Dr. Lofaro earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education Leadership, Management, and Policy from Seton Hall University in 2021. She also holds a Bachelor of Science from Seton Hall University in Diplomacy and International Relations, as well as a Master of Public and International Affairs degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
The Growth of the Test-Optional Movement: Analysis of Test-Optional Admissions Policies in American Higher Education
James Goldberg is a principal in the Washington, DC law firm of Goldberg & Associates, PLLC. His practice focuses on representing trade associations, professional societies and other types of nonprofit organizations providing advice on issues such as governance, taxation and contract review and management. He is outside counsel to AACRAO. Jim received his undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and his law degree from The George Washington University.
Shelby L. Cearley is Senior Representative-Registrar Operations at Adtalem Global Education. She has worked in international admissions and credential evaluation since the early 2000s and was also previously an instructor in Speech Communication. A graduate of the NAFSA Academy for International Education (Class IV), Shelby has presented several admissions- and credentials-related sessions at regional and national conferences and was chosen as a delegate for the 2007 Baden-Württemberg Seminar in Germany. She has served as the TAICEP Vice President for Resources and Knowledge Management and was previously NAFSA RAP/admissions and International Enrollment Management liaison (2008-2010 and 2017-2018), NAFSA Academy of International Education coach (Region III 2011-13), TAICEP Secretary/Member of the Board of Directors, and a NAFSA Trainer Corps member (since 2008). She was RAP Admissions & Credentials newsletter wRAP-Up co-credentials editor from 2010-2012 and is a contributing author for the NAFSA Online Guide to Education Systems Around the World.
Juanjuan Fan, Ph.D., is a Professor of Statistics and Data Science in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and serves as a Faculty Advisor at the Analytic Studies & Institutional Research (ASIR), at San Diego State University. Her research interests include survival analysis, decision trees and random forests, and observational study data. Working with her students and collaborators, she has published many papers assessing student success studies and solving various problems in educational data mining. Professor Fan received her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Washington.
Machine Learning Methods for Course Enrollment Prediction
Jeanne Stronach is an experienced and effective higher education leader with 20 years of experience in institutional research. Specializing in successful team-building with internal and external partners, innovative resource management and effective strategic planning. Achievements include building self-service visualizations to support data-informed decision-making as well as spearheading a cross-divisional Data Champions program to build data community and boost data literacy. Jeanne earned her B.A. at UC San Diego and her M.A. at DePaul University.
Richard A. Levine is Professor of Statistics at San Diego State University and Faculty Advisor overseeing the Statistical Modeling Group in SDSU Analytic Studies and Institutional Research. He is former Chair of the SDSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics and past Editor of the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. He is Associate Editor for Statistics of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society and is a fellow of the American Statistical Association. Professor Levine received his Ph.D. in Statistics from Cornell University.
Martin Ieong is a Data Scientist at Revolution Medicines, where he analyzes genomic and bioinformatics data in the field of cancer research. He previously worked in the software development industry, providing technical assistance and statistical knowledge to create data science solutions. Martin received an M.S. in Statistics from San Diego State University, and a B.A. from UC San Diego in Linguistics.
Lucy Shao is a Ph.D. student in Biostatistics at the University of California, San Diego. Previously, she worked at Analytic Studies & Institutional Research at San Diego State University on student learning and institutional operation. Currently, her research focuses on causal inference and high-dimensional statistics. Lucy received an M.S. in Statistics from UC San Diego and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from UCLA.
Catherine Laing, R.N., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary. Together with the dean and manager of undergraduate/graduate programs, she is responsible for enrollment targets, admissions processes, and operations within the undergraduate nursing program. Dr. Laing has an extensive background in clinical, educational, and administrative areas in healthcare, and has focused her research program in the areas of pediatric oncology, social return on investment, and innovative healthcare delivery approaches. She is active at the local, national, and international levels of pediatric oncology nursing and nursing administration.
A Lottery-Based Admissions Process for Faculties of Nursing: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Sandra Davidson, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN, is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary. In this role she is responsible for administrative leadership and operational oversight of this research-intensive faculty of nursing. Over her 25-year career in nursing, she has served in a wide range of academic and practice environments that span private, for-profit; public, not-for profit, and both large and small public universities in Canada and the United States. She is widely regarded as a thought leader and scholar in the areas of healthcare education, innovation, and leadership. Her program of research is focused on educational innovations and health systems transformation in older adult care and chronic disease care.
Carrie MacKay, M.B.A., is the Manager of Undergraduate Programs and Graduate Programs in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary. In collaboration with the Associate Deans and Dean, she manages the operational aspects of the program, including program advising, enrollment targets, admissions, recruitment, and program progression as well as completion for both undergraduate and graduate programs. Her background includes extensive experience in the Office of the Registrar and strategic enrollment management.
Kim Morton, Ed.D., is Director of Transfer Recruitment and Retention at Appalachian State University. She has a B. A. in management form Gettysburg College, a master of education in student affairs in higher education from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, and a doctorate of education in educational studies form the University of Nebraska.
Creating a Strategic Plan for the Transfer Student Experience
Kelly C. McCallister is Associate Dean of University Libraries/Associate Professor at Appalachian State University. She has a B.A. in Anthropology from Mississippi State University, an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Southern Mississippi, and a MLIS in Library and Information Science from the University of Southern Mississippi. She is working on her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Appalachian State University.