Ann Hill Duin, Ph.D. is a seasoned academic administrator and distinguished scholar and faculty member with over thirty years of classroom experience (both physical and virtual). Having pioneered her university’s first online course at the graduate level, she continues to study the impact of emerging technologies–including learning analytics and networked learning–on the future of teaching/learning and higher education. As a professor of writing studies at the University of Minnesota, she studies the language and transactions that occur through networks of individuals engaged in mutually supportive, collaborative work. Her ongoing goal is to serve as a catalyst for creating the future of the academy, and her commitment to shared leadership has resulted in collective vision and action: a virtual university, a new college, active learning classrooms, business intelligence/academic analytics initiatives, and numerous inter-institutional partnerships. Dr. Hill Duin has over fifteen years of experience at major research universities in a variety of administrative roles, including interim vice president and CIO, deputy CIO, senior associate dean, vice provost for instructional technology and university partnerships, and associate provost and director of continuing education and communications services. In these roles, she provided forward-looking leadership in deploying and leveraging technology to advance teaching, research, and academic […]
Along with several colleagues in Texas and the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education, Charlie launched the Texas Language Consortium. With support from the Teagle Foundation, he and his colleagues have begun a multi-year project that will enhance and expand this consortium so that the institutions involved can expand the educational offerings for students without increasing expenses.
Kim Chandler begins her twenty-sixth year in intercollegiate athletics and her career illustrates administrative, coaching and teaching experience with programs at NCAA Division I, II, and III. As a result of her work, she received the NACWAA Administrator of the Year award for Division III in 2009. She has also served as the president of the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators from 2011-2013 and is a member of the NACWAA board of directors and past treasurer. Chandler is in her sixth year as the director of Athletics, Physical Education & Recreation at Macalester College. The Scots are a NCAA Division III institution, and Chandler’s duties include the oversight of twenty-one men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletic teams at Macalester.
Dr. David Wicks is committed to helping educators improve teaching, learning, and assessment with digital tools. He actively shares and learns from teachers through social media. Examples of his work include: the design of a Web 2.0 electronic portfolio system based on WordPress, creation of a feature-comparison matrix for lecture capture solutions, and leading SPU’s iTunes U project. He enjoys facilitating faculty learning communities on topics such as learning spaces, blended learning, and online learning. Dr. Wicks is a member of MERLOT, the Sloan Consortium, Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). He was recently honored for his work as conference chair for the 2014 International Symposium for Emerging Technologies for Online Learning.
Laurie Hamre has served in student affairs for over thirty years–the last twenty-two at Macalester College. As vice president, her portfolio includes athletics, the campus center, campus and residential life, religious and spiritual life, counseling and medical services, multicultural affairs, career services, disability services, student government, conduct, grievance and dispute resolution, and international student programs. She has served in leadership capacities for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and ACPA College Student Educators International. Laurie served on the campus team for planning and construction of both the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center and Leonard Center Athletic and Wellness Complex.
Dr. Kathleen Shea Smith is the Director of Advising First, the network of academic advisors and College Life Coaches at Florida State University. As a researcher/practitioner, Kathleen has dedicated her career in higher education to understanding the complex needs of undergraduates and developing campus programs that reflect a genuine commitment to student success and degree completion. Kathleen sees high quality advising and coaching as expressions of academic and social engagement, the greatest predictors of campus integration and student persistence. She founded the Advising First Center for Exploratory Students, a recipient of the National Academic Advising Association’s Outstanding Advising Program award. Kathleen currently serves as a regular presenter and leader in the association as Chair of the Advising and Academic Coaching Interest Group. She is an active member of the NACADA Research Committee where she recently served as a facilitator for NACADA’s inaugural International Research Seminar in Maastricht, Netherlands.
Dr. Matthew D. Pistilli works in the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Effectiveness at Purdue University. For over fifteen years, Matt has focused on creating and assessing conditions and environments that positively affect college student success. Over his career, he has worked with learning analytics, the intersection of technology and learning, summer bridge programs, residence life, learning communities, orientation programming, supplemental instruction, and low-income student scholarship and support programming. Currently, Dr. Pistilli is the principal investigator for an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The initiative examines the process for building and scaling capacity for using analytics at eight institutions around the United States in an effort to impact student success. His current research addresses building contextual predictive analytic algorithms and determining the components necessary for campuses to successfully implement learning analytics.
Dr. Ellen Wagner serves as chief research and strategy officer and co-founder of the PAR (Predictive Analytics Reporting) Framework, a non-profit data services collaborative venture focused on institutional effectiveness and student success. She continues as partner and senior analyst with Sage Road Solutions, LLC. Ellen was retained from Sage Road to serve as executive director of the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technology from 2009 through 2013. She is the former senior director of worldwide eLearning for Adobe Systems, Inc. and was senior director of worldwide education solutions for Macromedia, Inc. Before joining the private sector, she was a tenured professor and chair of the educational technology program at the University of Northern Colorado, and held a number of administrative posts, including director of the Western Institute for Distance Education and coordinator of campus instructional and research technologies, academic affairs. Her PhD in learning psychology comes from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Billie Handa manages and implements a comprehensive, university-wide annual giving program. In concert with her team of four professional staff, she coordinates a multi channel solicitation strategy that includes direct mail, phone, email, and personal solicitation (leadership annual giving). Billie also implemented Ohio University’s annual giving stewardship program, the Founders Circle. With more than 9 years of nonprofit fundraising experience, Billie has a strong track record of developing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and utilizing data to reach, ask, and steward donors and prospective donors. Billie is a member of the advisory board and an alumna of Ohio University’s Upward Bound program, an emeriti vice president for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Athens County, and a member of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
