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Bringing Quality and Equity Together: Mapping Guided Pathways for First Generation Student Success A LEAP Centennial Forum New York, New York November 17, 2015 SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES David Asai, Senior Director, Science Education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Asai leads the HHMI Science Education Group, which supports science education through grants, fellowships, and courses. Prior to joining HHMI in 2008, Asai served as the Stuart Mudd Professor and Chair of Biology at Harvey Mudd College. Previously, he held a tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University. Before that, he served as an assistant research professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he had been an NIH postdoctoral fellow. He was also a Muscular Dystrophy Association postdoctoral fellow at Caltech for a year. His research focuses on the molecular motor dynein. Asai received a bachelor’s degree from Stanford, a master’s degree from Stanford, and a doctorate from Caltech. Angie Bermudez, Student, LaGuardia Community College/City University of New York Bermudez was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia. She came to the United States in 2013, right after graduating from high school. After completing two English courses, Bermudez enrolled at LaGuardia Community College. The support she received there led her to become a student in the ASAP program and a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. After her expected graduation in fall 2015 as a liberal arts, social science and humanities major, she plans to attend Florida International University for an English and literature major. She has started her education career by being a student success mentor at LaGuardia Community College, which she feels is the best opportunity to give back the support she received by encouraging and helping her students to “Dare to Do More” on their path to success. J. Elizabeth Clark, Professor of English, LaGuardia Community College/City University of New York Clark has been part of LaGuardia Community College’s award winning e-portfolio team since 2002. Her research focuses on learning as a connective, integrative process. A faculty member in the Department of English, she is particularly interested in the intentional integration of technology, with a particular emphasis on the changing nature of writing. Her recent scholarship focuses on pedagogical innovation in teaching writing with technology. She will serve as a faculty member at the 2016 AAC&U Institute on Integrative Learning and the Departments and worked on the General Education Maps and Markers (GEMs) project as part of the technology group. Clark earned her bachelor’s degree from Lycoming College and her master’s degree and doctorate from SUNY Binghamton. Dominic DelliCarpini, Dean of Academic Affairs and Naylor Endowed Professor of Writing Studies, York College of Pennsylvania DelliCarpini is the Naylor Endowed Professor of Writing Studies and dean for York College’s Center for Community Engagement. His recent scholarship focuses on civic engagement and its relationship to the actions of an informed, literate citizenry. He is currently the vice president of the National Council of Writing Program Administrators and secretary of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. DelliCarpini served for five years as York College’s chief academic officer, and 13 years as writing program administrator, where he directed first-year writing and developed a successful major in professional writing. He received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA and PhD from The Pennsylvania State University. Scott Evenbeck, President, City University of New York Stella and Charles Guttman Community College Evenbeck joined CUNY in 2011 as Guttman Community College’s founding president. Previously, he served as professor of psychology and founding dean of University College at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Evenbeck has long been involved in designing, implementing and assessing programs for students in their first years of university study. He has been on accreditation teams for three regional associations, focusing on general education, assessment and programs for entering students. Evenbeck earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University at Bloomington and his master’s and doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bret Eynon, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, LaGuardia Community College/City University of New York Bret Eynon is a national leader in the e-portfolio movement in higher education. Directing the FIPSE-funded Connect to Learning project, which works with twenty-five e-portfolio campuses nationwide, including Virginia Tech, San Francisco State, and Boston University, he also serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of ePortfolio. Based at LaGuardia since 2000, he directs the LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning and the Making Connections National Resource Center on Inquiry, Reflection, and Integrative Education. Eynon received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and his doctoral degree from New York University. Debra Humphreys, Vice President for Policy and Public Engagement, AAC&U Humphreys is vice president for policy and public engagement at AAC&U—a position she assumed in 2013 after serving for eleven years as vice president for communications and public affairs. Prior to 2001, she served as director of programs in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives. Before coming to AAC&U in 1992, she taught women's studies and English at Rutgers University, Towson State University, and at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. Humphreys received her BA from Williams College and her PhD in English from Rutgers University. Shanna Smith Jaggars, Assistant Director, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University At the Community College Research Center (CCRC), Jaggars’ research focuses on developmental education programming and policy, student advising and tracking systems, online learning, the labor market value of community college coursework and credentials, and institutional improvement processes. Currently, she leads the Virginia study for the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment (CAPSEE) and the descriptive study for the Center for Analysis of College Readiness (CAPR). Prior to joining CCRC, Jaggars ran the statistical consulting unit at the University of Texas at Austin, where she received her doctorate in 2002. Martha Kanter, Distinguished Visiting Professor, New York University Kanter, who began her tenure at NYU in January 2014, served as US undersecretary of education from 2009 until December 2013. From 2003 to 2009, Kanter served as chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, one of the largest community college districts in the nation. Kanter has served as a board member on a wide variety of national, state, and local organizations, including the League for Innovation in the Community College, the Mexican Heritage Corporation, and the California Association of Postsecondary Educators of the Disabled. She received her bachelor's degree in sociology from Brandeis University, her master's degree in education from Harvard University, and her doctorate in organization and leadership from the University of San Francisco. Kelly Mack, Vice President for Undergraduate STEM Education, AAC&U In addition to serving as an AAC&U vice president, Kelly Mack directs Project Kaleidoscope, a reform initiative focusing on undergraduate STEM education. Previously, Mack was the senior program director for the National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE Program while on loan from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) where, as a biology professor, she taught courses in physiology and endocrinology for 17 years. Mack has had extensive training and experience in the area of cancer research with her research efforts focusing primarily on the use of novel antitumor agents in breast tumor cells. Mack earned her BS degree in biology from UMES and her PhD in physiology from Howard University. Paul Markham, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Markham works in the U.S. Programs, Postsecondary Success group at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal of his team is to strengthen American higher education’s ability to both offer accessible, high quality, and affordable postsecondary education and to provide the necessary supports to ensure that students complete their programs of study on time. Before joining the Foundation, Paul’s primary work in higher education involved building public engagement infrastructures to strengthen student learning and to address a variety of public and social problems. Markham holds a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University, master’s degrees from Asbury Theological Seminary and Western Kentucky, and a doctoral degree from Durham University. Tia Brown McNair, Associate Vice President, Association of American Colleges and Universities McNair serves in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success at AAC&U, taking a leading role in advancing projects and meetings on student success and making excellence inclusive. Prior to joining AAC&U, McNair was the assistant director of the National College Access Network. Previously, she held positions at the Directorate for Education and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation, the University of Charleston, and the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.