Current Role:
Visiting Professor of Higher and Postsecondary Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University; Coordinator of the MA Program in Higher Education and Student Affairs.

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

Research Consultant, INSPIRES Campus Climate Index

Research Consultant, InFORM Project

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 (2019)

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

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

Current Role:
Postdoctoral Associate in Psychosocial Interventions at Scale, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh.

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 Consultant, Drive to Thrive Project

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

Current Role:
Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership, Mississippi State University.

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 (2020)

M.S.Ed., Higher Education and Student Affairs – Baylor University (2013)

B.A., Psychology – The University of Texas at Austin (2011)

Current Role:
Associate Professor, School of Strategic Leadership, College of Business, James Madison University.

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

Current Role:
Assistant Professor of Higher Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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 (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) – Vanderbilt University

Current Role:
Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Mount Carmel College of Nursing; Instructor in the Higher Education Graduate Program at The Ohio State University.

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