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AAC&U senior staff members and senior fellows are reliable and expert sources of information on many topics related to undergraduate education and liberal learning. AAC&U staff members can also direct reporters to experts in the field at any of our more than 1200 member colleges and universities. For general information or to be put in touch with an appropriate source, please call Debra Humphreys, vice president for communications and public affairs, at 202.387.3760 (ext. 422) or e-mail Humphreys@aacu.org. Feel free to e-mail the following individuals directly for specific information in their areas of expertise.

Senior Educational Affairs Staff

Carol Geary Schneider, president
Email: cgs@aacu.org
Areas of Expertise: General Higher Education Issues, Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Faculty Development, Civic Engagement, Quality of Student Learning, Advocacy for Liberal Education

Caryn McTighe Musil, senior vice president vice president for diversity, equity, and global initiatives
Email: musil@aacu.org
Areas of Expertise: Women in Higher Education, Diversity in Higher Education, Curriculum and Faculty Development, International Education, Civic Engagement

Alma Clayton-Pedersen, vice president for education and institutional renewal
Email: clayton-pedersen@aacu.org
Areas of Expertise: Higher Education Research, Teacher Education, Diversity in Higher Education, Access and Equity, Assessment, Faculty Development, Leadership, Institutional Change

Terrel Rhodes, vice president for quality, curriculum, and assessment
Email: rhodes@aacu.org
Areas of Expertise: General Education, Assessment, Institutional Change, Curricular Alignment and Transfer (Community Colleges and Post-secondary), Quality of Student Learning, Access

Debra Humphreys, vice president for communications and public affairs
Email: humphreys@aacu.org
Areas of Expertise: General Higher Education Issues, Higher Education Research, Diversity in Higher Education, Women in Higher Education, Civic Engagement, Quality of Student Learning, Advocacy for Liberal Education


Susan Albertine, senior director for LEAP state initiatives
Email: albertine@aacu.org
Areas of Expertise: Liberal Education Advocacy, Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Faculty Development, P-16 Access and Equity, Institutional Change

Larry Braskamp, senior fellow
Areas of Expertise: Globalization, Assessment of faculty, Assessment of education abroad, Leadership

Susan Elrod, director, Project Kaleidoscope
Email: elrod@aacu.org
Areas of Expertise: STEM Education, Science Education Research, Teaching and Learning, Assessment, Program Evaluation, P-16 STEM Access and Alignment, Faculty Development, Leadership Development, Community Development, Institutional Change

Ashley Finley, program director of assessment for learning
Email: finley@aacu.org
Areas of Expertise: Gender and Social Stratification, Sociology of Evaluation, Program Implementation and Evaluation, Quantitative Methods

Jerry Gaff, senior scholar
Areas of Expertise: General Higher Education Issues, General Education, Faculty Development, Graduate Preparation of Future Faculty

Don Harward, senior fellow and director, Bringing Theory to Practice
Areas of Expertise: Leadership in Higher Education, Institutional Planning, Higher Education Financing, Civic Engagement and Service Learning

Kevin Hovland, director of global learning and curricular change
Email: hovland@aacu.org
Areas of Expertise: Global Education, Diversity in Higher Education, General Higher Education Issues

L. Lee Knefelkamp, senior scholar
Areas of Expertise: Higher Education Research, Diversity in Higher Education, Institutional Change, Teaching and Learning, Pedagogical Change, Intercultural Communication

Patricia Lowrie, senior fellow
Areas of Expertise: Women and Women of Color and Leadership Development and Equity, Access and Inclusion in Higher Education and Health Professions Education

Tamar March, senior fellow
Areas of Expertise: Curriculum and Faculty Development, Women in Higher Education, Leadership in Higher Education.

Elizabeth Minnich, senior scholar
Areas of Expertise: Inclusive knowledge, research, teaching, institutional provisions; teaching thinking, judgment; democracy, justice, moral concerns in education; advocacy for liberal education; philosophy of education

Paul Nelson, senior fellow
Areas of Expertise: Accreditation, program evaluation, and self-study process; civic engagement; developing future faculty; liberal education advocacy.

Nancy O'Neill, director of programs
Email: oneill@aacu.org
Areas of Expertise: Student Identity Development, Pedagogy, Diversity in the Curriculum and Co-curriculum, Career Development

David Paris, senior fellow
Areas of Expertise: General Higher Education Issues, Higher Education Research, Assessment and Accountability, Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Faculty Development, Advocacy for Liberal Education.

Gregory Prince, senior fellow, U.S. and International Liberal Education
Areas of Expertise: High School Reform and College Access, Institution Building, Student and Institutional Activism

Eugene Rice, senior scholar

Robert Shoenberg, senior fellow
Areas of Expertise: General Higher Education Issues, General Education, Institutional Change

Richard F. Vaz, senior science fellow
Areas of Expertise: Project-based and Experiential Learning, International Education, Civic Engagement, Service Learning, Technological Education Reform, and Integration of Liberal and Professional Studies

Fred Winter, senior director of advancement and leadership development
Areas of Expertise: Undergraduate Core Curricula and General Education, Faculty Development, Diversity in Higher Education, Federal and Private Funding for Higher Education

Elisabeth Zinser, senior fellow

 

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