Research Interests: Impact and innovation in higher education leadership; equitable student success; Jewish student and faculty experiences; mixed-methods approaches linking decision-making to student outcomes.

Major Projects & Roles: Research on leadership, inclusion, and institutional strategy; active musician and community member.

Education: Ph.D., Higher & Postsecondary Education – New York University

M.A., Higher & Postsecondary Education – New York University

B.A., Religion – Dartmouth College

Research Interests: Quantitative approaches to understanding how collegiate environments shape prosocial outcomes such as sense of belonging, worldview commitment, career outcome expectations, integrative learning, and attitudes toward diverse others.

Major Projects & Roles: Lead, Assessment of Collegiate Residential Environments and Outcomes (ACREO)

Co-PI, National Association of Campus Activities Hazing Study

Professional Background: Former Assistant Professor of Education at North Dakota State University; former Research Director at the College Impact Laboratory, The Ohio State University; Director for Research Programs at the Douglass Residential College, Rutgers University.

Education: Ph.D., Higher Education & Student Affairs – The Ohio State University

M.Ed., College Student Affairs Administration – University of Georgia

B.S., Applied Mathematics – Georgia Institute of Technology

Research Interests: Measurement and assessment of college student outcomes; quantitative methodologies; trends in educational research and training; advanced structural and measurement approaches.

Major Projects & Roles: Published in Structural Equation Modeling, Review of Higher Education, Innovative Higher Education; serves on editorial boards for Research in Higher Education and the Journal of College Student Development.

Education: Ph.D., Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement – The Ohio State University

M.S.Ed., Higher Education and Student Affairs – Baylor University

B.A., Psychology – The University of Texas at Austin

Research Interests: STEM learning engagement; equity-centered belonging and retention; inclusive pedagogies; psychosocial interventions; institutional change in STEM pathways.

Major Projects & Roles: Co-author of the Revised Affective/Behavioral/Cognitive Model of Learning Engagement (ABC+ Model)

Research on inclusive pedagogy adoption and psychosocial intervention design

Professional Background: Postdoctoral work under Drs. Christian Schunn, Linda DeAngelo, and Kevin Binning at the University of Pittsburgh.

Education: Ph.D., Higher Education and Student Affairs – The Ohio State University

M.A., Education – University of Florida

Research Interests: Residential learning environments; longitudinal interfaith engagement; assessment and measurement of collegiate experiences.

Major Projects & Roles: Former Co-Director of Research for the ACREO project; former Research Associate for the IDEALS study.

Education: Ph.D., Higher Education and Student Affairs – The Ohio State University

M.S.Ed., College Student Personnel – University of Dayton

M.A., Theological Studies – University of Dayton

B.A., Philosophy and Religious Studies – University of Dayton

Research Interests: Queer and Muslim identity development; campus climate; interfaith engagement; diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education.

Major Projects & Roles: Published in multiple peer-reviewed journals; public scholarship in Forbes, The Conversation, and Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
Recipient of the 2024 NASPA Outstanding Research Award for research on religion and spirituality in higher education.

Education: Ph.D., Higher Education and Student Affairs – The Ohio State University

M.Ed., Educational Leadership – University of Vermont

B.A., Molecular and Cellular Biology and Music – Vanderbilt University