Anne L. Balazs (PhD University of Massachusetts, Amherst) is special assistant to the dean at the College of Business, Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. She served as the department head of marketing (2008–2014) and is vice president of EMU’s Women in Philanthropy group. Balazs is a HERS graduate and spent the 2013–2014 academic year as an ACE Fellow at Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo. Her research interests include elderly consumer behavior, healthcare marketing, and sales management.
Heidi Bostic is a professor of French and the chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at Baylor University. She previously served as interim chair of the Department of Humanities and as Director of Modern Languages at Michigan Technological University. In addition, she has taught at Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Concordia College (Minnesota), and the Universidad de Talca (Chile) as a Fulbright Scholar. Her research interests include eighteenth-century French literature, feminist theory, and narrative identity.
Jennifer Bott is the associate provost for learning initiatives and an associate professor of management at Ball State University, overseeing student success for online and blended education. Bott leads the Division of Online and Distance Education and the Integrated Learning Institute. These units bring together student support, instructional design, instructional technology, and faculty and administrative services for online and blended education. Bott earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Akron. Since joining Ball State, she served in a variety of roles, including executive director of the MBA and graduate certificate programs in the Miller College of Business.
C. J. Brainerd is a professor and chair of the Department of Human Development and director of the PhD/JD Program in Law, Psychology, and Human Development at Cornell. He is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and of five divisions of the American Psychological Association. He has published over 250 research articles and chapters and over twenty books. His publications cover areas such as human memory and decision making, statistics and mathematical modeling, psychological assessment, learning, intelligence, cognitive development, and psychology and law. He is editor of Developmental Review, the leading journal of theory and literature review in developmental psychology.
Ann M. Brill is the dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. She previously taught at the Missouri School of Journalism, the University of Minnesota, and Marquette University in Milwaukee. She earned a doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota, a master’s degree from Marquette, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. Her areas of expertise include online journalism, online advertising, change and leadership, and effects of implementation of new technology. She is the president of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Jeffrey L. Buller has served in administrative positions ranging from department chair to vice president for academic affairs at a broad range of institutions: Loras College, Georgia Southern University, Mary Baldwin College, and Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of nine books on academic leadership. Since 2009, he has worked a consultant to the Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia, where he is assisting with the creation of the kingdom-wide Academic Leadership Center. Dr. Buller is also a senior partner in ATLAS: Academic Training, Leadership, and Assessment Services, which provides workshops on academic leadership all over the world.
Ana Mari Cauce is presently provost and executive vice president at the University of Washington, which includes serving as chief academic and budget officer. Previous administrative positions include dean of Arts and Sciences, executive vice provost, chair of Psychology, director of the honors program, chair of American Ethic Studies, and director of Clinical Training in psychology, all at the University of Washington. Her primary research focus is on risk and resilience in adolescence, and she has held numerous grants in support of this work. She has been recognized for her research and teaching with the James M. Jones Lifetime Achievement Award and Dalmas Taylor Distinguished Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association and the UW Distinguished Teaching Award.
John D. Floros received his PhD from the University of Georgia in food science and technology, progressed through the faculty ranks at Purdue University, was head of the Department of Food Science at the Pennsylvania State University, and he is now the dean of Agriculture and director of K-State Research and Extension at Kansas State University. He has published more than 220 articles, book chapters, abstracts, and other publications, and has presented more than 150 papers and 200 invited lectures. He is a fellow and past president of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), and a fellow of the Food Systems Leadership Institute.
Don Foss was educated at the University of Minnesota, and followed with a post-doc at Harvard University. He has served on the faculties of the University of Texas at Austin, where he also was chair of the psychology department; Florida State University, where he was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and the University of Houston, where he served as senior vice president and provost. Foss’s research interests have been in cognitive psychology, specializing in language comprehension, and in the factors that determine college success. He is the author of the recent book, Your Complete Guide to College Success, published by the American Psychological Association. The author thanks colleagues Randy Diehl, Janet Kistner, Judith Langlois, and especially Alan Witt, for reading and providing feedback on his chapter.
Pamela Martin Fry has served as associate provost and associate vice president of undergraduate education at Oklahoma State University since January 2011. Fry previously served six years as dean of the College of Education and three years as the school head of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership at OSU. Fry previously served twelve years as a faculty member and as an administrator at the University of Oklahoma with appointments at the associate dean, department chair, and program chair levels. Fry’s research agenda continues to focus on the cultural and axiological analysis of teaching, learning, and curriculum at both the P–12 and collegiate levels.
Conrado “Bobby” Gempesaw became the seventeenth president of St. John’s University on July 1, 2014. Previously, he served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Miami University. At the University of Delaware, he served as dean of the Lerner College of Business and Economics, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, vice-provost for academic and international programs, and chair of the Department of Food and Resource Economics. He obtained his BA in economics from Ateneo de Davao University, MS in agricultural economics from West Virginia University, and PhD in agricultural economics from Pennsylvania State University.
Thomas F. George is chancellor and professor of chemistry and physics at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. He holds a BA, Phi Beta Kappa, from Gettysburg College (chemistry and mathematics) and MS and PhD degrees from Yale University (chemistry), with postdoctoral appointments at MIT and UC, Berkeley. His research specialty is in laser/materials/chemical/nanophysics, including nanomedicine. He remains an active researcher with 750 papers, five authored and eighteen edited books. His awards include the Marlow Medal (UK Royal Society of Chemistry), Medal of Honor (Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait), and Diploma of Honour (Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland).
Diane Goddard is vice provost for administration and finance for the Lawrence Campus of the University of Kansas. Her principal responsibility is maintaining institutional fiscal integrity and accountability. She has served as associate vice provost/comptroller, acting budget director, director of purchasing, associate comptroller, and associate director of the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas. She previously served as chief accountant/controller at Yale University Health Services and as business manager for the Yale University art gallery. Goddard received her bachelor’s degree in economics from Southern Connecticut State University, and her MBA from the University of Kansas.
Jane S. Halonen, a psychologist, has served as a dean (University of West Florida, a school director (James Madison University), and a division head and chair (Alverno College). Part-time administration opportunities included managing an outpatient mental health clinic as a co-owner and running the Psychology Advanced Placement Reading program for five years. Her research agenda has focused on critical thinking, assessment, and faculty and program development, including helping good departments become great ones. She was named the 2013 winner of the American Psychological Foundation’s Award for Distinguished Applications in Education and Training. In 2000, she won the Foundation’s Distinguished Teaching Award.
Diane F. Halpern is dean of the College of Social Sciences at the Minerva School at the Keck Graduate Institute and emeritus professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College. Diane is a past president of the American Psychological Association, Western Psychological Association, Society for the Teaching of Psychology, and other academic societies. Other administrative positions include dean of undergraduate education at California State University, San Bernardino, and department chair. Her work in the field of psychology is considered groundbreaking and pivotal, especially with respect to critical thinking, gender differences in cognition, and balancing work and family. She is a prolific author and editor with more than twenty books and hundreds of scholarly articles and other publications.
David Hodge has been president of Miami University since 2006. Previously, he served on the geography faculty of the University of Washington for thirty-one years, the last nine as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He also served as a program director at the NSF, edited The Professional Geographer, and served two terms on the Board of Directors of AAC&U. His research has focused on urban and transportation geography including advisory work with the Puget Sound region and the state of Washington.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Hoffman is currently professor of economics at Iowa State, where she was executive vice president and provost from 2007 to 2012. Previously, she was president of the University of Colorado system. She also served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University. She is a well-known scholar in experimental/behavioral economics. She is a graduate of Smith College and holds doctoral degrees from the California Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania.
Marc Johnson is president of the University of Nevada, Reno. Johnson previously served as interim president and executive vice president and provost at the university. Previously, Johnson was dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University. He joined Colorado State in 2003 as vice provost for agriculture and outreach and dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences. Earlier, Johnson was dean of the Kansas State University College of Agriculture and director of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. Prior to that, he was a member of the faculty at Oklahoma State University and served in faculty and administrative roles at North Carolina State University. Johnson received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Emporia State University and his doctorate in agricultural economics from Michigan State.
Frank Keil is the Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Cognitive Science at Yale. He received a BS in biology from M.I.T. in 1973, a MA in psychology from Stanford University in 1975, and a PhD in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977. He was a faculty member in the Psychology Department at Cornell University from 1977 to 1998, and then joined Yale’s faculty in 1998. For eleven years he served as master of Morse College, stepping down from that role in 2012. He currently serves as chair of the Department of Psychology.
Larry Lyon is director of the Center for Community Research and Development, vice provost, dean of the graduate school, and professor of sociology at Baylor University. His research has been in the field of local politics and community development. Since becoming dean of the graduate school in 1998, he has also published several articles based on his research concerning the challenges and opportunities associated with faith-based higher education.
Alan Mathios is the Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean of Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology. He co-edits the Journal of Consumer Policy, serves on the boards of the Journal of Consumer Affairs and the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, and has received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Cornell University Kendal S. Carpenter Advising Award. He worked at the Federal Trade Commission, where he received the Outstanding Scholarship Award, the Excellence in Economics Award, and the Award for Superior Service. He is currently serving as a commissioner on the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Mary Ellen Mazey (PhD, Cincinnati) was named the eleventh president of Bowling Green State University (Ohio) in 2011. She served as a faculty member at the University of Cincinnati, and as chair of the Department of Urban Affairs and Geography, director of the Center for Urban and Public Affairs, and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Wright State University. In addition, she has served as dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University and as provost and vice president of academic affairs at Auburn University. Her expertise is in strategic planning and implementation with a facilitative leadership approach.
Richard McCarty received his PhD in pathobiology from Johns Hopkins University in 1976. Following a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health, he accepted a faculty position at the University of Virginia, where he served as department chair from 1990–1998. He then moved to the American Psychological Association to be executive director for science. In 2001, he was recruited to Vanderbilt University as dean of the College of Arts and Science, and after seven years was named provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. After serving as provost for six years, he returned to the faculty as professor of psychology in July 2014.
David D. Perlmutter is a professor at and dean of the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University. He is the author or editor of ten books on political communication and persuasion, several dozen research articles for academic journals, as well as more than 250 essays for U.S. and international newspapers and magazines. Perlmutter writes the “Career Confidential” advice column for the Chronicle of Higher Education. His book Promotion and Tenure Confidential was published by Harvard University Press in 2010.
Edward John Ray has served as president of Oregon State University since July 2003. He received the CASE District VIII Leadership Award and the Liberty Award from the Oregon League of Minority Voters in 2013 and an honorary doctorate from the University of Portland in 2014. Dr. Ray was on the economics faculty at Ohio State University from 1970 to 2003 and department chair from 1976 to 1992. He later served as provost, receiving the Distinguished Service Award in 2006; Dr. Ray holds a BA in mathematics from Queens College and master’s and doctorate degrees in economics from Stanford University.
Sally M. Reis is the vice provost for academic affairs and a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor at the University of Connecticut. She holds the Letitia N. Morgan Chair and is well known for her work on academically talented students. She was principal investigator for the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented for twenty years and has authored or coauthored over 250 articles, books, book chapters, and technical reports. Her administrative responsibilities include all academic programs as well as Honors and Enrichment, Student Success, Career Development, Institutional Research and Analysis, Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and summer programs.
Henry L. Roediger III is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and dean of academic planning at Washington University in St. Louis. He graduated with a BA in psychology from Washington and Lee University (1969) and received his PhD from Yale University (1973). He has served on the faculty of Purdue University, the University of Toronto, and Rice University. Roediger’s research is focused on human learning and memory, and he has published about three hundred articles and chapters on various aspects of remembering. Roediger served as president of the Association for Psychological Science as well as several other organizations of psychologists.
Kenneth P. Ruscio is the twenty-sixth president of Washington and Lee University. Prior to assuming the presidency of his alma mater in 2006, he was the dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond. He served as a member of the Washington and Lee faculty from 1987 to 2002 in its politics department. He has written and taught in the areas of public policy, leadership, and democratic theory and is the author of the 2004 book The Leadership Dilemma in Modern Democracy. He is on the boards of directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Council of Independent Colleges.
Dr. Jean Sander is the dean of the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences at Oklahoma State University. She received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin. Her graduate degree, a masters of avian medicine, was received from the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, and she is a Diplomate of the American College of Poultry Veterinarians. While on faculty at UGA she oversaw the MAM program. She became associate dean for academic and student affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University. Dr. Sander is a trustee of Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois.
Lise Youngblade, PhD, is a professor and the head of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and associate dean for research and graduate programs in the College of Health and Human Sciences at Colorado State University. Dr. Youngblade is an applied developmental scientist whose areas of specialization include child and adolescent socio-emotional development; access to healthcare for vulnerable youth and families; program evaluation; and analysis of developmental processes in educational and community contexts, such as those related to child care, maternal employment, and risky behavior in adolescents. Her work has been funded by multiple federal and state agencies and has been published in more than fifty peer-reviewed articles.