Faculty Fellows
2010-2011

Dr. Cole is an Associate Professor of Education with an emphasis in higher education and education psychology. His areas of research include race/ ethnicity, diversity, college student experiences, and learning. Previously he served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Hawaii, Manoa (Honolulu). He was also a faculty member at Marquette University. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of North Carolina, at Charlotte and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is on the review board of Journal Educational Foundations.  Dr. Cole has published over 25 articles and book chapters and is featured in the major journals for higher education and other related fields including The Journal of Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, NASPA Journal, Journal of Classroom Behavior, and Journal fo Creative Behavior. His most recent article "Do Interracial Interactions Matter? An examination of Intellectual Self-Concept" will appear in the Journal of Higher Education.

Term
2009 - 2012

TIMOTHY ECKLUND (CHAIR-ELECT)
Buffalo State College - State University of New York

Dr. Timothy R. Ecklund received a B.A. in Psychology from SUNY Geneseo, a M.S. in Student Personnel Administration at Buffalo State College, and a Ph. D. in Higher Education Administration from the Educational, Leadership, and Policy department at the University at Buffalo.  His dissertation topic explored the relationship between psychosocial development and acculturation among American Indian college students.  His research interests include the experiences and student development of Native American college students, learning communities and student engagement, and leadership and organizational development in student affairs.  Dr. Ecklund currently serves as the Associate Vice President for Campus Life at Buffalo State College. He has served as an adjunct professor in the Educational, Leadership, and Policy program at the University at Buffalo and in the Student Personnel Administration program at Buffalo State College for the past 10 years. Tim has also worked as a diversity consultant with Genesis Project Associates and the National Coalition Building Institute.

Dr. Maribeth Ehasz has been at the University of Central Florida since 1994 and currently holds the position of Vice President for Student Development and Enrollment Services.  In this role, she provides leadership and support to the Division of Student Development and Enrollment Services in providing strong transition, support services and learning opportunities that empower students to succeed.  She previously was Associate Vice President of Academic Development and Retention at UCF.  During her long time career in higher education, she has served as Assistant Dean of the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina and was founding director of the Office of Retention Services as well as Assistant Dean of the University College at the University of Toledo in Ohio.  She has also held positions in residence life, student activities, learning assistance, and career services at various universities and community colleges.  Dr. Ehasz obtained her undergraduate degree in American Studies and History and her M.A. in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.  Her Ph.D. in Guidance and Counseling Education was completed at the University of Toledo with a minor in Psychology.  Dr. Ehasz presents nationally on women’s career development, student retention, and academic advising effectiveness.  She has also won numerous awards.

Term
2009 - 2012

FLORENCE A. HAMRICK
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Florence A. Hamrick is Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology within the Graduate School of Education, where she directs the College Student Affairs program. She is the former editor of the Journal of College Student Development and served on the JCSD Editorial Board from 1993-2003. From November 2003-February 2004, Dr. Hamrick was a Visiting Scholar at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, where she was affiliated with the Ph.D. Program in Integrated Sciences and the Thammasat University Research and Consultancy Institute. Dr. Hamrick was named an ACPA Annuit Coeptis Senior Professional in 2009, an ACPA Diamond Honoree in 2007, and an ACPA "Emerging Scholar" in 2001. In 2004, she received the Robert Shaffer Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University's Higher Education and Student Affairs Program. Dr. Hamrick is the author or co-author of two books, 13 book or monograph chapters, 27 refereed journal articles, and 25 invited publications. Dr. Hamrick has presented or co-presented four conference keynote or plenary addresses, 43 invited lectures (seven in Thailand), 50 refereed sessions at national and international conferences, and 13 sessions at state or regional conferences. Dr. Hamrick's scholarly interests center on higher education access, success, and equity for members of underrepresented and non-dominant populations; as well as professionalism and professional ethics. While a faculty member at Iowa State University, she was a co-PI on the National Science Foundation funded ISU ADVANCE Program to investigate the effectiveness of a multilevel collaborative effort to produce institutional transformation that results in the full participation of women faculty in science, technology, engineering and math fields in the university.

Term
2010 - 2013

Dr. Anna M. Ortiz is a Professor of Educational Leadership at California State University, Long Beach where she serves as the director of the Educational Doctorate Program and teaches in the Student Development in Higher Education Master’s Degree Program. She is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, The Ohio State University and the University of California, Los Angeles. She has served on the faculty of Loyola Marymount University and Michigan State University in addition to working in residence life at several institutions. Her research focuses on ethnicity in college students, multicultural education at the postsecondary level and professional issues and career development of student affairs administrators and faculty members. She is the co-author of Ethnicity in College (Stylus, 2009) and the author of many journal articles, book chapters and other publications. She teaches courses on student development theory and college students in general and research methods with particular emphasis on qualitative and mixed methods. She is an active member of many professional associations, including serving in leadership positions in NASPA, ACPA, ASHE and AERA and on the editorial boards of the Journal of College Student Development and the ASHE/ERIC Monograph Series. She has been honored as an ACPA Emerging Scholar, and with the NASPA Latino/a Knowledge Community Outstanding Faculty Award and Stewart Distinguished Alumni Award from the Student Personnel Assistant Program at the Ohio State University.

Term
2010 - 2013

Dr. Padró is an Associate Professor in the Ed.D. Educational Leadership Program at Cambridge College in Cambridge, MA.  In addition to teaching research and leadership courses, he is also co-responsible for the School of Education’s TEAC accreditation application process.  Prior to his current duties, he was Program Coordinator for Education Counseling (K-12 and college student personnel) at Monmouth University for a five year period.  Before becoming a faculty member he was Director of Customized Training and Continuing Education at Hibbing Community College and Dean of the VI and ILP Programs at the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.  His current principal research interest in quality assurance processes in higher education (in the USA and abroad), how accreditation is used as a proxy for quality, and policy steering concerns specific to institutional performance.   At present he is the Secretary for the American Society for Quality’s Education Division and Chair of its Higher Education Advisory Council.  He has published over two dozen peer-reviewed artifacts plus a book on social safety nets in addition to presenting at over 50 national and international conferences (in English or Spanish). Dr. Padró received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and was a four-time Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner, a Peer Reviewer for Project AQIP, and a Senior Examiner for the Workforce investment Network.  He also served as Vice President of the New Jersey State Chapters of the AAUP.

Raechele L. Pope is an associate professor of higher education and student affairs administration in the Department of Education, Leadership, and Policy at the University of Buffalo.  She earned her doctorate in Organization Development from the University of Massachusetts At Amherst, and M.A. in College Student Personnel Administration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  With more than twenty years of experience in college student affairs, she has worked at several institutions in a variety of functional areas, including academic advising, residential life, and diversity education and training. She has also served as a consultant and provided expertise on the American college student, college student development, multicultural interventions, multicultural competence, and multicultural organization development to both higher education and corporate clients.  Dr. Pope’s primary teaching and research interests and publications are focused on college student development and the creation of multicultural campus environments.  She is the co-author (along with Amy L. Reynolds and John A. Mueller) of Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs (Jossey-Bass, 2004).  In addition, she has refereed journal articles and published book chapters on a variety of issues including: multicultural organization development, multicultural competence, multiracial college students and psychosocial development of students of color.  She has served as a reviewer or as a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of College Student Development, the Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, and Practice, and Jossey-Bass.

ROBERT REASON
Penn State University

Robert Reason is an Associate Professor of Education, with appointments in the College Student Affairs and Higher Education programs at Penn State University. He is also a Senior Research Associate in Penn State's Center for the Study of Higher Education. He earned his Doctoral degree in Higher Education from Iowa State University, a Masters degree in Counseling and College Student Development from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and Bachelors degree in Economics from Grinnell College.  He serves as the Professor-in-Charge of the Penn State's College Student Affairs program, in which he teaches courses related to student development theories, college student outcomes, social justice issues, and assessment in student affairs. He recently completed (with Patrick Terenzini) two comprehensive studies of first-year student learning outcomes at over 45 colleges and universities.  In 2009, Bob completed a 6-month sabbatical working as Faculty Fellow with Penn State's Vice President for Student Affairs, reconnecting with the practice of student affairs, which continues to inform his teaching and research.

Term
2009 - 2012

Term
2010-2013

Lori Reesor received her bachelor's in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, her master's degree in higher education from Iowa State University, and her doctorate from the University of Kansas (KU). Dr. Reesor spent ten years working at the University of Kansas in residence life, orientation, and admissions. She then served as the Dean of Students at Wichita State University (WSU). After WSU, Dr. Reesor served as an Associate Dean in the School of Education and Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Dr. Reesor returned to KU in 2006 as an Associate Vice Provost for Student Success. She is a former NASPA Regional Vice President of Region IV-West.  She is also one of the editors of Beginning Your Journey.  She teaches in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at KU as a courtesy instructor.  Her primary research interests are new professionals in student affairs, women in higher education, and academic leadership.

Term
2010-2013

CARNEY STRANGE
Bowling Green State University

SIU-MAN RAYMOND TING
North Carolina State University