Kathryn Young is a Professor in Secondary Education at Metropolitan State University of Denver and has served as a Faculty Fellow with the Office of Institutional Diversity at the university. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in French Education from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a Master’s of Arts in Teaching from North Carolina Central University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy from University of California, Berkeley. Kathryn has worked as an educator for 20+ years and spent the past 12 years in higher education. Before becoming a professor, Kathryn taught French for a year, then English, Math, and Science in the Peace Corps and then went on to be a special educator specializing in working with students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities. Her research interests include Disability Studies in Education, Inclusive Education, Cultural Competence, Diversity in Higher Education, and Microaggressions in Education and in the Workplace. Kathryn is a trained facilitator of the Intercultural Developmental Inventory (IDI). She is also a leader in embedding Trauma Informed Practices (TIP) into higher education curricula. She has 20+ published papers and numerous presentations across her research interests. She has presented numerous times on the topic of microaggressions and workplace bullying. Her […]
Jens Larson joined EWU in 2011 and now serves as the AVP for Enrollment Management. A nationally recognized leader on enrollment and marketing strategy, he’s led workshops and presented at major conferences like RNL, AMA, eduWeb, HighEdWeb, Higher Ed Analytics, and others. He’s written about higher education websites and practices for the Chronicle of Higher Education and leading industry blogs, and he has been featured in the Hashtag Higher Ed podcast. His personal blog was twice named to the Top 50 Higher Ed Tech blogs, and he is an avid secret shopper of campus tours and future student communications at institutions around the country. At EWU he has led major initiatives that include brand positioning, student affairs assessment, CRM implementation, analytics implementation, and UX testing. Before EWU he performed investment analysis, developed product launch strategies, and directed and analyzed digital and print marketing campaigns for companies in the private sector. He studied at five universities, including one in Germany, and he holds BA (German and English honors), MFA (writing), and MA (English) degrees. He’s currently pursuing a PhD in communication that explores the intersection of technology, social influence, and communication strategies in higher education. Outside of work he is usually […]
Kate directs all aspects of the College’s Admissions Department, including recruitment for undergraduate and graduate programs, Admissions communications and strategic long-range planning, as well as oversee the Financial Aid department. Lundeen joined Alverno College in November 2011 as the Director for Undergraduate Recruitment and Admissions. She was appointed Executive Director of Enrollment in October 2012, and Vice President for Enrollment Services in July 2013. Prior to coming to Alverno, she was the Executive Director of College Possible Milwaukee (formerly Admission Possible of Greater Milwaukee), where she was responsible for leading strategic organizational development, raising funds, coordinating communications, building relationships with partner organizations and overseeing day-to-day management and operational issues. She also led and managed the launch of their Milwaukee office, the first branch opened in the program’s national expansion.
As a former full-time and adjunct faculty member in physics, Michael now leads the Center for Adjunct Faculty Engagement (CAFE) at William Rainey Harper College outside of Chicago, IL. This large, suburban community college employs over 650 adjunct faculty who teach nearly half of all classes taught at the institution. CAFE is responsible for conducting evaluations of adjunct faculty, providing orientation for newly hired adjunct faculty, delivering professional development opportunities, and managing communication with adjunct faculty. Michael’s research interest revolves around strategies that prevent burnout and promote engagement among this often overlooked group of faculty.
Dr. Jim Weese teaches, consults, conducts research, and delivers speeches on the topic of leadership. He is heralded as a transformational academic leader and a leading authority in the area who has engaged audiences across many sectors on the merits of a team approach to leadership. His “5C Leader” concept serves as the foundation to his approach to leadership and his recent book entitled: The 5C Leader: Exceptional Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Times. He has served in a number of senior leadership positions during his career including serving as the President of the North American Society for Sport Management and President of the National Deans Councils for both Kinesiology (CCUPEKA) and Health Sciences Deans (CAHSD). He has earned a number of academic and leadership awards throughout his distinguished career including the top research and leadership awards from his profession, the Queen’s Jubilee Medal by the Government of Canada in 2002 for his academic leadership and ten years later, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition for his leadership and advocacy for exercise and physical activity. In 2010 Weese worked with the Men’s and Women’s Olympic Hockey Teams at the Winter Olympic Games. In 2014 his alma mater, the University of […]
Allan R Cohen, DBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, has been at Babson since 1982. Professor Cohen holds the Edward A. Madden Distinguished Professorship in Global Leadership, and is in residence at the San Francisco campus. He previously completed seven years as vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty, and recently served two years as the interim dean of the graduate school. He has been awarded the college’s highest honor, The Walte Carpenter Prize for distinguished service. His career has been devoted to increasing the leadership and management skills of practicing and aspiring managers, and building innovative academic organizations. He has consulted on organizational change and leadership for companies such as GE, IBM and Lafarge. Dr. Cohen is coauthor of numerous books widely used by managers: best-seller Managing for Excellence, the award-winning Alternative Work Arrangements; Power Up: Transforming Organizations Through Shared Leadership; Influence without Authority; and Influencing Up. He edited The Portable MBA in Management. His areas of expertise include leadership and influence, changes in organizations, educational methods, management and organizational behavior, cross-functional teams, family business, management development for international work, negotiations, corporate entrepreneurship and strategic change.
In her current role, Tiffany serves as an administrator of Lipscomb’s CORE Assessment Center and designs behaviorally-based assessment and curriculum for the university’s competency-based education program. She is a graduate of Harding University and spent six years studying at the University of Memphis, earning her Master of Arts and Education Specialist degrees in School Psychology, as well as her Doctor of Education degree in Applied Behavior Analysis. Tiffany holds Tennessee licensure as a school psychologist and is recognized as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with doctoral designation. Tiffany’s research interests include behavioral assessment and instructional methods, academic assessment and intervention, temporal discounting, and serving adult learners through best practices in competency-based education.
Krissy leads the development and implementation of competency-based and performance-based programs. Over the past several years, she has led multiple programs through the research, design, development and implementation of various institutional programs, along with outside corporation and district partnerships at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Previously, Krissy was a curriculum and instruction coach for a local school district where she worked with teachers to create high quality curriculum and diversified instructional practices to meet the vast array of student learning needs within the district. Jones also has experience instructing students ranging from kindergarten through the master’s level. Some current publications include: “Formative Classrooms: Shifting the Focus of Assessment in Higher Education”; “Innovative Program Delivery: Performance-based Education”; and “Effective Course Design for Student Success.” Jones also completed a case study on CBE for her Ph.D. from the University of Washington.
Jim is a higher education consultant, specializing in online, competency-based education, enrollment growth and serving student veterans. He served for over seven years as the President of Hopkinsville Community College. Until January 2015, Jim served as the System Director for Distance Learning Initiatives at the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) and guided the development of foundation principles for competency-based online education to be used statewide. Jim was also the director of KCTCS’ online, modularized, competency-based Direct2Degree program (D2D). Jim has had a distinguished career as a college and university administrator for more than 36 years. Having served at a private liberal arts university, a technical institute, a regional research university and several community colleges, Jim brings a wealth of knowledge from a variety of higher education sectors. He brings a unique perspective to guide planning and execution with full understanding of the cross-function implications.
Joellen envisions a 21st Century student record that replaces the traditional transcript. She has worked in higher education serving adult students since 1988. Joellen is a founding member and current President of Chesapeake and Potomac Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers (CAPACRAO). She is the former Chair of the Business Process and Systems Strand of the Competency Based Education Network (CBEN), a group of colleges and universities working together to address shared challenges to designing, developing and scaling competency-based degree programs. In her current role, Joellen focuses on the strategic future of credentialing. She supports student learning via projects that empower students with metacognitive agency to articulate what they know and are able to accomplish throughout their educational journey. She is currently working with IMS Global bringing vendors and institutions together to create a new extended transcript for competency-based education.
