Banis, William
Former Vice President for Student Affairs, Northwestern University
Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy
- PhD, Public Adminstration/Management with Cognate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Old Dominion University, 1993
- MA, Communication, Counseling and Higher Education Administration, Penn State University, 1974
- BS, Vocational Rehabilitation and Business, Penn State University, 1969
Brooks, Rachelle
Assessment of higher education quality
Social contexts of education
Director, College Sports Project
Principal Investigator, Teagle Assessment Project
Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy
- PhD, Political Science, Rutgers University, 2000
- MA, Political Science, Rutgers University, 1996
- BA, Political Science, College of Wooster, 1990
Research Interests
Graduate and undergraduate, cognitive and non-cognitive student outcomesAssessment of higher education quality
Social contexts of education
Calkins, Susanna
Associate Director, Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy
- PhD, History, Purdue University, 2001
- MA, History, Purdue University, 1995
- BA, History & Political Science, La Salle University, 1993
- MS, Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2005
Research Interests
Mentoring, conceptions of teaching, student learning, early modern history, world history, learning and teaching in higher education, and the history and philosophy of higher education.
Davis, Grier
Former Special Assistant to the President for Government Relations, Northwestern University
Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy
- MS, Counseling Psychology, Northwestern University, 1995
- PhD, Classics, University of North Carolina, 1966
- BA, English, Davidson College, 1958
Research Interests
Student Aid, University Research, and Nonprofit Tax Policy
Desler, Mary
Former Associate VP of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Northwestern University
Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy
- PhD, Higher Education Administration, Michigan State University, 1985
- MA, Communications, Wheaton College Graduate School, 1974
- BEd, Elementary Education, University of Wisconsin, 1968
Research Interests
College student development, student retention and persistence.
Hayford, Elizabeth
Former President, Associated Colleges of the Midwest
Instructor, Higher Education Adminstration and Policy
- PhD, History, Tufts University, 1971
- MA, Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1963
- BA, History, Radcliffe College, 1962
Research Interests
Undergraduate education (particularly the liberal arts college community); international education; sources of leadership in colleges and universities
Julia, Jake
Associate Vice President, Change Management, Northwestern University
- PhD, Higher Education Administration, University of Michigan, 1996
- MA, Higher Education Administration, University of Michigan, 1993
- BA, History, Plymouth State University, 1981
Light, Gregory
Student learning in higher and profession education
, faculty development, faculty conceptions and approaches to teaching, faculty conceptions of learning in research and teaching, variation theory.
Associate Professor, Education
Director, Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
- PhD, Education, University of London, UK, 1995
- BA Specialist Degree, Philosophy, University of Toronto, 1975
- BA, Mathematics & Physics (Ontario Scholarship), University of Toronto, 1974
Research Interests
Lowe, Eugene
Instructor, Higher Education Adminstration and Policy
Senior Lecturer, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant to the President, Northwestern University
- PhD, Union Theological Seminary, 1987
- MDiv, Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1978
- BA, Religion, Princeton University, 1971
Research Interests
American religion, social gospel, progressivism, and diversity in higher education.
Melton, Bruce
- JD, University of Chicago Law School, 1986
- BPhil, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, Cornell College, 1982
Trautvetter, Lois
Director, Higher Education Administration and Policy
Assistant Professor, Education
- PhD, Higher Education Administration, University of Michigan, 1991
- MS, Polymer Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 1986
- BA, Chemistry, College of Wooster, 1982
Research Interests
- Engineering education research including retention and recruitment of female and underrepresented undergraduate students and faculty, interdisciplinary skills, contextual competence skills, and design and problem solving skills; faculty research that includes productivity, enhancing research and teaching, motivation, enhancing faculty-student interaction, and new and junior faculty issues; student development research that includes holistic and spiritual development of undergraduates; professional development for K-12 teachers; gender issues; females in science












