Research & Policy Division David (Dave) Mihalyi has been a professional evaluator of international educational credentials since July 1987. He currently serves as Associate Director - International for the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO). He is a member of TAICEP (The Association for International Credential Evaluation Professionals), has contributed to various publications published by AACRAO and NAFSA, and is co-author of the ECE Presents series volume, The Educational System of Spain.
Dave manages AACRAO’s contracted partnership with the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), provides training and guidance for remote evaluation staff, and contributes expertise to the AACRAO Electronic Database for Global Education (EDGE), while serving as an ex-officio member of AACRAO’s International Education Standards Council (IESC).
Adrienne serves as the University Registrar at The Ohio State University and has nearly 13 years of experience in large, urban public universities. She has been active in AACRAO through committee and workgroup leadership and presentations at conferences. She holds a BA from Point Park University, a MSEd from Baruch College, and an EdD from Northeastern University.
Kristina C. Anderson, Ed.D., is a clinical faculty member in Student Affairs Administration at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. Previously, she spent 25 years in admissions and enrollment management positions within the University of Wisconsin System campuses. She holds an Ed.D. in Leadership, Policy, and Administration from the University of St. Thomas, an M.Ed. in Higher Education from the College of William and Mary, and a B.A. in English from Albright College.
Review of: Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling
Danielle Faucett is Associate Registrar (Curriculum and Scheduling) at the University of Missouri – St. Louis and Chair of the AACRAO Enrollment Management and Retention Committee. With several years of experience in the registrar’s office, she has endeavored to make a positive impact on student retention by improving course scheduling processes using technological advancements and policy change. She has implemented course scheduling software to help strategically drive processes at her institution while also providing hands-on support to UMSL’s faculty, staff, students, and campus partners. Faucett has a bachelor’s degree in communication and master’s degrees in communication and adult and higher education from the University of Missouri – St. Louis. She recently earned a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies there as well.
Triumph Over Odds: Stories of First-Generation College Graduates Who Achieved Doctoral Excellence
Sandra Mohr has more than 20 years of leadership experience within higher education, where she has found practical ways of advancing impactful learning. She currently is the Dean of Academic Resources and Administration at the New England College of Optometry.
Remote Learning Adaptations in Optometric Clinical Education
Ryan Fewins-Bliss is the Executive Director of Michigan College Access Network, an organization working to increase college readiness, participation and completion in Michigan among low-income students, first-generation college-going students and students of color. MCAN’s goal is to increase the percentage of Michigan residents with postsecondary certificates or degrees to 60 percent by the year 2030.
Crisis after Crisis: Why We Can’t Give Up Hope amidst the Pandemic
Joe Head was the inaugural director of the AACRAO Strategic Enrollment Management Endorsement Program and served in that role until 2016. He is the former vice president of enrollment for Kennesaw State University. In 2004, Head was the recipient of AACRAO’s APEX Award for Student Success.
SEM Endorsement Program: Ten Years of Growing Enrollment Management Competency
Sarah Tuxbury is a communications and marketing writer who highlights faculty endeavors and research discoveries at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. She’s a CASE V award-winning writer and former Gannett journalist whose work has been published in a variety of media outlets, including The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune. She received her Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Arts degree from Central Michigan University.
An Interview with Patricia Smith
Jonathon Goodson is a Business Intelligence Engineer in the Department of Enterprise Applications at the Clayton State University Office of Information Technology Services. He has earned degrees from both The University of Georgia and Clayton State University. His work in data analytics supports the university's mission of increasing enrollment and retention.
The Impact of Student Swirling and Transfer Credit Hours on Earning a Bachelor’s Degree
Celena Mondie-Milner, Ph.D., is Associate Vice President for Strategy and New Student Support and adjunct professor in Educational Leadership and Policy at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include factors that influence access and success for college students, particularly first-year, first-generation and transfer students.
Charlie L. Harris is an Associate Professor of Psychology and a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at Clayton State University. Her research interests include cultural self-schemas, body image perception, health behaviors, and college student adjustment.
Mark F. Daddona is a Professor of Psychology and a Licensed Professional Counselor at Clayton State University, where he also previously served as associate vice president for enrollment management and academic success. His teaching and research interests include college student adjustment, academic success, mental health counseling, emerging adulthood, career development, and crisis response.
Heather Abbott is Registrar at Yale Law School. Prior to Yale Law School, Heather worked at the University of Michigan's Office of the Registrar, was an Associate Registrar at Northeastern University and an Assistant Registrar at Wesleyan University. Heather has been teaching AACRAO’s Registrar 101 online course since 2015 and is currently on the editorial board of College & University. She received the AACRAO Research grant in 2020 for her dissertation research on how student data stewards make decisions about the use and release of student data. She has presented at AACRAO and regional association meetings, and is a member of the National Network of Law School Officers. Heather received a B.A. in English and a Master’s of Arts in Liberal Studies from Wesleyan, and an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University.
How Data Stewards Make Decisions to Protect or Disclose Student Information: Toward Consistent Criteria
Don't Fear FERPA, It is Fundamental: An Interview with Steven J. McDonald
LeVar Burton's iconic career began with his breakthrough role as Kunta Kinte in Roots (1977). LeVar continued to inspire, educate, and entertain audiences through his award-winning children's television show Reading Rainbow (1983-2009) and as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994).
Mr. Burton's tireless dedication to education and charity has resulted in a variety of projects, including the award-winning Skybrary App, his podcast LeVar Burton Reads, the YouTube series This is My Story, two children's books Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm, and A Kids Book About Imagination, and through his advocacy for those suffering from Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (voicesofmpn.com), alongside many other projects and efforts.
We are excited to welcome LeVar Burton, the 2022 94th SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE host, as our closing speaker for AACRAO's 107th Annual Meeting. His commitment to education and steadfast dedication to equity and diversity serve as an inspiration to audiences around the world.
James Kvaal was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Under Secretary on September 14, 2021. James Kvaal formerly was president of the Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS), a research and advocacy nonprofit dedicated to affordability and equity in higher education. TICAS is nationally recognized for its research and policy recommendations on student debt.
Kvaal served in the Obama Administration as the deputy domestic policy adviser at the White House and deputy undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Education. He led efforts to cut student loan monthly payments, hold career colleges accountable for excessive debts, and make community colleges tuition-free. He helped organize the White House Summit on College Opportunity, which featured more than 100 college presidents and other leaders committing to actions to help more students graduate from college. He also has served in senior roles in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
Kvaal taught at the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy, and graduated with honors from Stanford University and Harvard Law School.
Dr. Scott A. Campbell is the Vice President for Partnership Development at CAEL. He brings a well rounded background in academic and student affairs leadership as well as extensive experience in developing complex partnerships in the higher education arena. Scott rejoined CAEL after serving as the Vice President for Education & Adult Learning at Plectica where he spearheaded business development in higher education and corporate learning to help organizations become more effective and get better results through systems thinking, leadership, and mapping.
Prior to Plectica, Scott was the Vice President for Higher Education at the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), where he worked with higher education institutions to help them become more responsive to the unique and changing needs of learners. Campbell worked as the Dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Edgewood School. He also served as the Executive Director for Partnership Development at Regis University, New Ventures, and as the Director of Student Activities at Regis University.
Campbell completed his B.A. at the University of Oklahoma in 1991. He received his MA in Higher Education Administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1996. In 2005, he completed his PhD in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership at the University of Northern Colorado.
In his prior life, Campbell was drafted by the Montreal Expos. He currently ranks fifth all-time at the University of Oklahoma in career batting average (.384). More recently, Campbell was honored by the State of Wisconsin for his work supporting veterans at Edgewood College and served as a board member of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation. Campbell lives in Arlington, TX with his wife of 29 years, Yvonne. They are recent empty-nesters.
After spending nearly 8 years working with curriculum in a registrar’s office at Brigham Young University - Idaho, Heather was hired by Kuali and in 2021 was named the Community Engagement Coordinator for Kuali Student. Her experience working with Kuali’s SaaS solution for catalog and curriculum management at the university made it a logical decision to come to the SaaS side to introduce Kuali Student to other institutions that might benefit from its software solution.
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Cynthia Grunden has more than 20 years of experience as an enrollment management professional. She is a NASFAA Certified Financial Aid Administrator, serves as a peer reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission, serves as a leadership coach for Blue Icon Advisors, and recently authored a chapter on strategic planning for the third edition of NASFAA’s anthology “You’re the Director: A Guide to Leadership in Student Financial Aid.” Cynthia holds a Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership and Organizational Change from Roosevelt University.
Capstone Project: Cynthia completed a literature review that applied Vincent Tinto’s theory of student departure to recent research in student retention.
Review of: Becoming Great Universities
The Financial Aid Office as an Essential Strategic Partner in SEM
LinkedInKeir McIsaac has been working with Memorial University of Newfoundland since 2007, primarily in the area of international student recruitment. He recently took on a new role, managing the Admissions unit within the Office of the Registrar. He lives and works in St. John’s, on Canada’s beautiful Atlantic coast.
2022 SEM-EP Graduate
Capstone Abstract: This capstone research project examined 727 applicants to Memorial University from the WAEC/NECO curricula, providing data-driven recommendations to modify the undergraduate admission requirements and help grow the enrolment of English-speaking West African students at Memorial.
Dr. Melanie V. Tucker is seasoned higher education professional, currently serving Maryville College as the Vice President of Student Affairs & Dean of Students, and as the Chief Diversity Officer. She is a steadfast advocate for access and inclusion, and a passionate champion for individualized student success.
Dr. Tucker’s path to Eastern Tennessee has taken her across the county – from Eastern Washington University where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Psychology while working in various mental health settings; to the University of New Orleans where she worked within the community supporting individuals with chronic mental illness transition to independent living while earning her Master’s degree in Counselor Education; to Southeast Missouri State University, where she served as the Director of Learning Assistance Programs & Disability Support Services, and earned her Education Specialist degree in Counseling Education; to Northern Illinois University where she served as the Assistant Vice President for Student Services and earned her Doctor of Education in Adult & Higher Education; and, to Dickinson State University in North Dakota where she served as the Vice President of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management. Prior to her career in higher education, Dr. Tucker worked as a state and nationally credentialed mental health professional serving adolescents and adults within clinics, hospitals, public/private settings, and a state penitentiary.
The first in her family to earn her doctorate, Melanie seeks to give back professionally, as others have done for her. She has become a sought-after guest speaker, touching on topics such as critical hope, humor as an education tool, inclusive design, student success, and women in higher education. Dr. Tucker is a proudly published author with writings covering topics such as threat preparedness on college campuses, crisis management, concerning student behavior, violence prevention, student engagement, leadership transitions, integrating senior leadership and parenthood, and universal design.
Dr. Tucker’s drive to make a difference in the lives of students begins at home, where she is the proud parent of an inquisitive and thoughtful 7-year-old daughter.