ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

EDITORS

MARINGE, Felix is Head of Research at the School of Education and Assistant Dean for Internationalization and Partnerships in the Faculty of Humanities, of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. With Dr Emmanuel Ojo, he was host organizer of the Higher Education Research and Policy Network (HERPNET) 10th Regional Higher Education Conference on Sustainable Transformation and Higher Education held in South Africa in September 2015. Felix has the unique experience of working in higher education in three different countries, Zimbabwe; the United Kingdom and in South Africa. Over a thirty year period, Felix has published 60 articles in scholarly journals, written and co-edited 4 books, has 15 chapters in edited books and contributed to national and international research reports. Felix is a full professor of higher education at the School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand (WSoE) specialising in research around leadership, internationalisation and globalisation in higher education.

OJO, Emmanuel is lecturer at the School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is actively involved in higher education research. His recent publication is a co-authored book chapter focusing on young faculty in South African higher education, titled, Challenges and Opportunities for New Faculty in South African Higher Education Young Faculty in the Twenty-First Century: International Perspectives (pp. 253-283) published by the State University of New York Press (SUNY). He is on the editorial board of two international journals: Journal of Higher Education in Africa (JHEA), a CODESRIA publication and Journal of Human Behaviour in the Social Environment, a Taylor & Francis publication.

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ADEBAYO, Florence Aduke is an Associate Professor in the department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education University, Ado- Ekiti, Ekiti state, . She is a versatile lecturer in contemporary issues related to the management of Higher Education. She has travelled to UK, USA, East and West Africa to present papers on issues relating to moving Africa educational system forward. She is a member of professional bodies such as Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM). National Institute of Management ( NIM), National Association for Educational Administration and Planning (NAEAP), Higher Education for Research and Policy Network (HERPNET) and National Association of Education Researchers and Evaluators

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(NAERE). She is the founder of the Fruits of God Foundation, (NGO for youths). She is a seasoned lecturer of repute who cherishes hard work, honesty, devotion and youth empowerment.

ADEBISI, Ademola Pius is Registrar, Federal College of Agriculture, , , Nigeria and also a private researcher and lecturer of Politics, Public Administration and International Relations. He has taught and facilitated courses at Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria; Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, , Nigeria, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria; Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko; Ondo State and the National Open University of Nigeria, Akure Study Centre, Ondo State, Nigeria. He has published articles in local and International Journals. He is the author of International Organizations on the World Stage and Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Local Government among other works.

ADEDEJI, Segun is former Acting Head, Department of Educational Management, University of Ibadan. Former MacArthur Fellow, Centre for Comparative Education Research, University of Nottingham. Former Director, Quality Assurance, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda. Fellow, Africa Higher Education Collaborative (AHEC), under the auspices of the Institute of International Education (IIE), Washington DC, with funding from the Ford Foundation. Currently a Visiting Professor, Department of Educational Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, He has worked and interacted with senior-level technocrats and policy makers in higher education across the world on projects sponsored by the World Bank; UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS); UNESCO/IIEP, Paris; UNESCO/IICBA, Addis Ababa; Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA); Templeton Foundation, USA; British Council UK, inter alia. He has published widely in his field and has presented research reports and technical papers in many conferences and colloquia across the world.

AGAGU, Alaba Akinsola holds a PhD in from the University of Ibadan Nigeria and specialized in Public Policy. He is currently Professor in the Department of Political Science, Ekiti State University, Nigeria. He was the immediate past Head of the Department. He had at different past served as the University Coordinator of General Studies and Director of Part-Time Programme. His research interests cover Political economy, good governance, emergency management, higher education, ethnic studies, as well as conflict and peace studies. He is a member of HERPNT Steering Committee and Board of Trustees, a fellow of IFRA Nigeria and the President of Hazard Management Initiative. He is the Editor of The Nigerian Journal of the Social Sciences, Journal of Contemporary Politics, Journal of Contemporary Studies and Research. He is also the Anglophone Editor of Administrative Studies and Research He is the author of Theory and Practice

240 About the contributors of Public Administration, Political Analysis and Comparative Studies. He also co-edited Development Agenda of the Nigerian State as well as Selected Issues in African Political Thought. His inaugural lecture is on Public Policy Instability and Political Instability in Nigeria.

ANAEKWE, Marcellinus Chibueze is a Reader in Chemistry Education and Director, Academic Planning and Statistics at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze, Anambra State Nigeria, an affiliate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. He was formally, the Co-ordinator Research and Conference Unit, Co-ordinator, Degree Programmes and Dean, School of Sciences. A Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration (FCAI) 2007, he emerged the winner of Post Graduate Prize in Research at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1996/97. He is a professionally licensed teacher via the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN). He belongs to the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN), where he is presently the Chairman of Anambra State branch. He has contributed significantly in science curriculum and textbook writings and reviews under the auspices of STAN. He has also contributed to other professional Associations including the Nigerian Academy of Education and the Higher Education Research and Policy Network (HERPNET). His recent publications include: Basic Research Methods and Statistics in Education and Social Sciences, sponsored by TETFUND (Sofie Printry and Publishers Limited, 2016), Professional Development of the Science Teacher. In Akpan, B. (Ed.) Science Education: A Global Perspective (Next Generation Education Limited, 2013).

CAMPBELL, Omolara A. is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria. She possesses over twenty years’ tertiary education teaching and research experience. She is presently the Head of Department of Economics and a member of the Lead City University Governing Council. She is a life member of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES) and the American Economic Association (AEA). She is a Visiting scholar to the Department of Economics and Development Studies, , Ota, Nigeria. This is a position she earned as a result of her contributions to teaching and research in the department during her sabbatical year in 2014. She was a country sub-reviewer for EWA–ECA Country Project on Gender Equality and Development in 2014. Her recent publications include: “Changing Demographics and Human Capital Development: Implications for Economic Growth in Nigeria,” “Financial Sector Reforms and Output Growth in Manufacturing: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria”, “Human Capital and Economic Growth: A Three Stage least Squares Approach”, “From Knowledge-Based to Creative Economy: Implications for Nigeria’s Economic Growth, “Financing Higher Education in Nigeria: A Demand Perspective”, among others. She authored a book titled Basics of Economics and co-authored Impact of Microfinance on Rural Households.

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CASSIDY, Nathan is a Policy Analyst at Australia, the peak body for universities in Australia. His policy portfolio covers domestic student issues, equity and diversity as well as academic quality, qualifications and regulation. He has contributed to a number of large studies on student finances and coordinated national sectoral agreements on professional accreditation, Indigenous education and education for students with disabilities. He holds a PhD from the University of Western Australia in the field of Late Byzantine Historiography.

DISON, Laura in her capacity as Director of the Wits School of Education (WSoE) Writing Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa has trained peer tutors to support undergraduate and postgraduate students in their writing and research development since 2010. She has organised and facilitated several workshops and writing retreats to support students in their research activities. Practical sessions with emerging researchers have included the writing of abstracts, introductions, literature reviews developing arguments and analysing data for scholarly publications. As one of the coordinators of the Post graduate Diploma in Higher Education at Wits University, Dr Dison has mentored students (university lecturers) to participate in the growing field of the scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education for addressing the needs of a relevant and refocussed higher education system. One of the modules in the Diploma, New Directions in Higher Education, has given participants an opportunity to reflect critically on various aspects of their teaching, assessment and curriculum design practices in their teaching contexts. Dr Dison is currently co-supervising one PhD student and three Master’s students in the field of Higher Education and another PhD student in the field of Teacher Education.

DLAMINI, Reuben is an Information Technology & Management professional with more than 15 years of experience in designing, deploying and supporting critical multi-site information technology projects. He is the Head of Educational Information Technology at the Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand and the Head of the Transformation and Innovation portfolio. His research expertise are in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction and User- Centered Design; Information Technology Adoption, Management, and Planning; Cognitive Systems Design & Development; ICT Governance in Higher Education Administration; and the Intellectualization of Pedagogical ICT Integration in Teaching and Learning. His recent publications includes: The global ranking tournament: a dialectic analysis of higher education in South Africa; Beyond Policies and Programs: Contextualizing ICT Integration in South African Schools; The role of the strategic and adaptive Chief Information Officer in higher education; and Examining the effectiveness of 2D and 3D online environment in enhancing students’ learning of software engineering.

EMUNEMU, Benedict is Professor of Educational Management at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. His teaching and research interests include institutional

242 About the contributors administration, access to and equity in education, education for sustainable development and quality assurance in education. He has published several of his research findings in national and international peer-reviewed journals. He co-authored Handbook on Research in Education and the Social Sciences: a Resource for Theses, Dissertations and Projects (2015) and co-edited books such as Issues in Higher Education: Research Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (2007) and Educational Management in Africa: Papers in Honour of Professor John Iheukwumere Nwankwo (2014). He has presented his research findings at various conferences held within and outside Nigeria. Professor Emunemu has consulted for international agencies such as UNESCO, USAID and OICI. He has served (and still serves) in several capacities as Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, Consulting Editor of several journals. He is an external examiner and assessor to several universities within and outside Nigeria. Professor Emunemu has also served as reviewer to the National Research Foundation of South Africa. He is a member of Higher Education Research and Policy Network, Nigerian Association for Educational Administration and Planning and Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management.

ESERE, Mary Ogechi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Counsellor Education, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. She is one of the authors of a Jacobs Foundation sponsored international landmark book project aimed at revolutionising teacher education in Africa. She has also participated in another international book project on Indigenous Societies and Cultural Globalization in the 21st Century. She has collaborated with authors from South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe on African marriage theories and practices. Dr. Esere’s research efforts have gravitated around a number of issues surrounding sex, marriage, and family counselling, gender issues, communication in marital therapy and general counselling-related issues. She has been involved in developing psychological support programmes for couples in conflict and implementation strategies for youth programming and young people. These efforts have resulted in well over 50 research publications with two scholarly books on marriage, sex and family counselling as well as communication in counselling. Dr. Esere is highly interested in journal matters. She has just finished her tenure as the Business Editor of The Nigerian Journal of Guidance and Counselling. Dr. Esere serves as a doctoral external examiner in the University of Fort Hare, South Africa.

IDOWU, Adetoun Omolola is an Associate Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. She is an alumna of the University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Science and University of Ibadan. She is a certified member of the American Library Association (ALA) and Nigerian Library Association (NLA). She is also a recipient of Ultrusa Foundation Scholarship while studying for her master’s degree in Pittsburgh USA. Dr. Idowu’s research efforts have gravitated around the field of Library and Information Science vis a vis Application of Information and Communication Technology, Counselling

243 About the contributors and Communication approach in libraries, problems of law librarianship, special library services for deaf students ,bibliotheraphy, human factor issues in automation, software and hardware compatibility in automation of libraries, to mention a few. Her research efforts have resulted in over 40 publications including technical reports, chapters in books and edited works. Dr. Idowu was a consultant to DFID funded project on Automation of Tax assessment Records in 2005. She is also an external examiner to several Universities in Nigeria.

IRULOH, Betty-Ruth Ngozi has been an Associate Professor of Counselling Psychology since 2012, in the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. She was the head of Department of Educational Psychology, Guidance of Counselling, University of Port Harcourt 2012-2014. She is currently the Treasurer of the Counselling Association of Nigeria, Rivers State Branch. More so, she is a member of the following Boards, NGOS and Associations: Center for Human Development and Social Transformation CHDST Board of Governors (A leading Non-governmental organization for the transformation of Youths); National and International Association for gender equity; Association for Child Development and Communication Disorders; Women for life international Texas USA; Association for Women Advancement, and African Peace and Conflict Resolution. Additionally, she is the founder and Director of Stelmath Foundation, an NGO designed to assist clients and patients in receiving counselling and psychotherapeutic services that will restore their psychological wellbeing. Dr. Iruloh has served in various University Committees and Board example; Senate Representative UDPS Board, Faculty Welfare Committee of the University etc. She has attended several conferences in Nigeria, other countries in Africa, in Europe (United Kingdom) and the United States of America.

KEANE, Moyra is an Educational Developer in the Centre for Learning Teaching and Development at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She coordinates and teaches on postgraduate courses, presents workshops and courses for academic staff. These include Research Writing; Qualitative Research Methodology; Writing Retreats; Postgraduate Supervision, and Teaching in Higher Education. She coordinates the PGDipE (HE), runs a mentoring programme for staff, and supervises post-graduate students. She is a qualified coach. Her undergraduate disciplines include psychology, physics, chemistry, English and education. Her current research interests are in participative research, indigenous knowledge, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She is past president of the International Organisation of Science and Technology Education, and an executive member of African Association of Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

MAKOMBE, Godswill has taught Research Methods, Economics, Production Economics, Regional and Local Economic Development and Agriculture and Rural Development at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He has more than 20 years of research on development issues in Africa, mainly from the Sub-Saharan African

244 About the contributors countries. He has worked with academics, international and national institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has field experience in design, implementation and analysis of large data sets. He has strong quantitative analysis skills and has both the training and experience of working in multidisciplinary teams. Over time he has developed an appreciation of the strength of the complementarity between quantitative and qualitative research. His research interests are in economic development in general but specifically food security, irrigation development, rice development (in Africa) in so far as these have impact rural development in Africa. He also has strong interest in higher education development. He holds a BSc and an MPhil from the University of Zimbabwe, an MBA, MSc (Agricultural Economics), MSc (Student Affairs in Higher Education) and a PhD (Agricultural Economics) from Colorado State University, USA.

MAKONYE, Judah P. is a senior lecturer at the School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. In 2012 he earned a PhD in mathematics education from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has extensive experience of postgraduate teaching and supervision. In Zimbabwe, from 1987 to 1993 he taught mathematics at high school and from 1994 to 2006 he taught mathematics education at Bondolfi Teachers’ College and Great Zimbabwe University. He has authored more than twenty journal articles; most of them in Department of Higher Education accredited journals. He has authored several book chapters, three in a teacher education book entitled Teaching Mathematics: Foundation and Intermediate Phase published by Oxford University Press, Cape Town and one in Self-directed Learning Research: An Imperative for Transforming the Educational Landscape published by Oasis Publishers.

MOHAMMED, Mubashiru Olayiwola Babatunde is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Management, . He was Assistant Director, Sandwich Degree Programme, LASU External System (2009-2012). His recent publications include: Tertiary Education and Human Capital Development: Implication on the National development (Progressive Education, 2016), Attainment of Millennium Development Goal of Universal Primary Education in Nigeria through Capacity Building. Frontiers of Education and Management (Fountain Publishers, 2015). And Entrepreneurial Education: Key to Creativity and Employment Generation among University Graduates in Nigeria (IJIBS, 2016)

NDOFIREPI, Elizabeth Sipiwe is currently a lecturer and coordinator of the ‘At Risk’ student programme – Wits Academic Success Programme for Science Students (WASPSS) in Faculty of Science at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a holder of a PhD on student experiences in Higher Education from the same university. Elizabeth once served as a Project Manager for an on-line programme: Professional Certificate in Education Finance, Economics, and Planning, a Wits (Wits SADC-EPSI) and GIZ, GmbH

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– Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Germany initiative. She was also coordinator of the Three Minute Thesis presentation programme at the Wits School of Education. Until 2010, she has worked as head of school, lecturer in Teacher’s College and Polytechnic, university tutor and senior training officer in the Public Service Commission. Elizabeth has extensive experience in educational leadership as Head of Department and project director in Higher and Tertiary Education Institutions. Her current research interests include student experiences, access and success in Higher Education, educational policy and planning. Her strong focus is on student experience an area where she has co-authored journal articles and presented numerous papers at national and international conferences.

NETSWERA, Fulufhelo Godfrey is a social science researcher, a professor of sociology of development and an Associate Dean of Research, Innovation and Technology at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). He has taught and supervised postgraduate students at Tshwane University of Technology, UNISA, University of Limpopo and Durban University of Technology. His previous roles are head of the Turfloop graduate school of leadership, director of research management at UNISA and a philanthropy fellow at the City University of New York. His research interests are higher education policy and leadership as well as governance.

NNAKA, Chibuogwu V. is an Associate Professor of Science Education, a Fellow and Life Member of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) and Co-editor of STAN Gender and STM Education Series. She was the Chairman of the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria, in Anambra State of Nigeria from 2004-2010. She is an active member of the Nigerian Academy of Education. Dr. Chibuogwu Nnaka was the foremost female Provost and Chief Executive of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze, Anambra State, Nigeria from 1999-2006. Her major areas of interest are science education, gender studies and distance education. She belongs to several professional associations, such as- the International Council on Distance Education (ICDE), African Council on Distance Education (ACDE), World Council of Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI) and the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD). Presently, she is the Director, Awka Study Centre, of the National Open University of Nigeria.

OKEKE, Emeka Paul is a Research Fellow at Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) Ibadan, Nigeria. His recent publications include: Skill Development in Higher Education in Nigeria: Experience from the Emerging Economies, Reducing Unemployment in Nigeria through Information and Communication Technology, Higher Education as a Tool for the Realization of Africa’s Development and other publications.

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OKUWA, Oluwakemi Bolaji is a Senior Research Fellow and Head Modelling Group of the Surveillance and Forecasting Department at the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) Ibadan, Nigeria. She possesses over twenty years of research experience in the area of Development, Education and Labour Economics. She was a short-term consultant to the World Bank, UNDP, ILO country office, DFID/Creative Associate, Action aid International (Nigeria office)/ Comic-Relief UK on Gender, Education and Labour related issues. She was an adjunct lecturer at the Lead City University and Redeemer University Oyo State, Nigeria. She is a member of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES), Association for the Advancement of African Women Economist (AAAWE), African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Global Development Network (GDN), Higher Education Policy Research Network (HERPNET), Women in Management Nigeria (WIMA), a Visiting Research Fellow at the International Monetary Fund Washington D.C and a Research Observer at the Global Development Network. Her recent publications include: “Determinants of Household Expenditure on Education in Nigeria”, “Changing Demographics and Human Capital Development: Implications for Economic Growth in Nigeria”, “The Effect of Mentoring and Ingratiation on Career Development of Women in Oyo State Nigeria”, “Financing Higher Education in Nigeria: A Demand Perspective” among others.

OLAYINKA, Abel Idowu is a Professor of Applied Geophysics and was a former head of the department of Geology, Faculty of Science; former Dean of the Postgraduate School; and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is the founding president of the West African Research and Innovation Management Association (WARIMA) and currently the Vice Chancellor at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

OLODO, Muyibat Adenike is Deputy Director with the Federal Ministry of Education and serves currently as the Principal of the Federal Government Girls College, Tambuwal, Sokoto State, Nigeria. She had previously served as Head of Section (Chemistry/Integrated Science), Head of Department and Vice Principal (Special Duties/Academic II) in five Federal Unity Colleges in different parts of Nigeria. Dr Olodo completed her doctorate programme at the prestigious University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria in 2016. The title of her thesis is Push and Pull Factors in Women Attainment of Top Executive Positions in South- Western Nigeria. Her area of specialization is institutional administration, but with special bias for the girl-child and gender studies. As a budding scholar, she has attended some academic conferences and workshops where she presented some of her research findings. She has also published some of her papers in reputable journals. She is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management and the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria.

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OLUDARE, Yahya Lateefat is a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Management, Lagos State University. Her recent publications include: Beyond Demographic Dynamics, What Matters is Organizational Commitment. Global Journal of Commerce & Management (Perspective, 2016), Managing Information Technology in African Higher Education Establishments (Olu-Akin, 2013).

OMEGHIE, Isunueo Benedicta is a Research Fellow at Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) Ibadan, Nigeria. She has published widely both locally and internationally.

ONUKA, Adams Otuoze U. is a Professor of Evaluation of learning and educational programme effectiveness and a research teacher at Institute of Education; and also teaches at the Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies and Centre for Educational Media Resource Studies, all of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is a fellow, Association of Educational Researchers and Evaluators of Nigeria [ASSEEN], Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria, and member, Nigerian Institute of Management, member of West African Research and Innovation Association, immediate past President of ASSEEN, Vice President and Chair, Editorial Board of HERPNET, an Accomplished African Educational Researcher laureate (2013), Associate Editor, Academic Journal of Education of the International Association of Scientists and Researchers. He is also a member of Nigerian Association of Evaluators and Association for Educational Assessment in Africa. He has been and still on editorial boards of several reputable journals. He is an external examiner for some Universities and assessor at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. He has consulted on research, training and on assessment for a research institute and some examining bodies in Nigeria. He is constant paper presenter at international conferences and has published in national and international journals.

RUFAI, Musiliu Dada is a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Management, Lagos State University. His recent publications include: The Versatility of Multicultural Education and Its Challenges. international Journal of Capacity Building in Education and Management (IJCBEM, 2016), Female Students’ Involvement in Cult Related Activities in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria (Progressive Education, 2016) and School Improvement and Transformation System in Lagos State Senior Secondary Schools Principals’ Planning Approach (Progressive Education, 2016).

TOPE-OKE, Adebusola is a lecturer in the department of Computer Science, college of science Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria a reputable private university in Africa. She has her first degree in computer science and her Masters in Information Science (M.Inf.Sc).Her academic research interests include electronic commerce, Data mining, project management and informatics. She is open to any form of collaborative research. She is a member of Computer

248 About the contributors professional Registration Council of Nigeria (MCPN), Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and Fruits of God Foundation (FOGF).

WILSON, Kristin Bailey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Administration, Leadership and Research, College of Education and Behavioural Sciences at Western Kentucky University, USA. Dr. Wilson’s practitioner and research work has centered on American community colleges. She has served as a community college faculty member, department head, dean, and chief academic officer. Her current research is on college access and completion for marginalized populations. She has published in Qualitative Inquiry, Journal of College Student Development, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, Community College Review, History of Education, Journal of College Student Retention, as well as others. She is currently working on a Fulbright Grant funded research project at the University of Limpopo in South Africa.

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