Higher Education Faculty
Gregory M. Anderson, Dean, Associate Professor, Higher Education Program 
Gregory M. Anderson is the Dean of the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver and a tenured Associate Professor in Education. Before coming to DU in 2009, Dr. Anderson was an Associate Professor at Columbia University's Teachers College, Program in Higher and Postsecondary Education. In 2006, Anderson was granted an extended leave from Teachers College to become the higher education policy program officer for the Ford Foundation in New York. He was responsible for overseeing one of the largest portfolios at the Foundation featuring both international and domestic higher education grants. Anderson also sat on executive committees of multi-foundation partnerships and foundation-wide initiatives involving the United States, Africa, Central and Latin America, and Asia. In 2008, he was appointed by the Vice-President of the Foundation's Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom Program Division to lead a strategic planning team responsible for developing a new vision for the US and international higher education programming. Anderson earned a PhD in sociology from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York and is currently a member of the editorial board for the Review of Higher Education.
E-mail: Gregory.M.Anderson@du.edu
Portfolio: http://portfolio.du.edu/gander42
Stephanie Krusemark, Lecturer, Higher Education Program
Dr. Stephanie Krusemark is a part-time Lecturer in the Higher Education Program. She also serves as an Adjunct Faculty member for the Gender and Women's Studies Program and as a Research Affiliate with The Spirituals Project at the University of Denver. In addition, she serves as a consultant for Denver Public Schools. Prior to her appointment at DU, Dr. Krusemark served as the first Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado at Boulder in its College of Architecture and Planning. Her research is rooted in issues of diversity and higher learning that is informed by an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to provide a reclaiming process for non-white communities to document their experiences in predominantly white campus environments. She has conducted studies at the University of Denver (Walking on the red brick path: A portrait of African-American women's experiences of the built environment at the University of Denver) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (Campus Conversations: Students of color experiences of the built environment) to discover the experiences of non-white student communities in relation to their identity development, formation, saliency, and performance within the context of the built educational environment. Dr. Krusemark has presented her work at the American Educational Research Association, the Aesthetic Institute of Colorado, the Critical Race Studies in Education Conference, the DU Diversity Summit, the DU Women's Conference, the Gender, Class, and Colonialism Conference hosted by John Carroll University, and the Rocky Mountain Landscape and Memory Symposium hosted by the University of Wyoming. She specializes in Higher Education, African American Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, and Critical Environmental Design Studies. Dr. Krusemark received a PhD in Higher Education (University of Denver), an MA from St. Mary's University of Minnesota (Arts Administration), and a BA from University of St. Thomas (Art History).
Email: Stephanie.Krusemark@du.edu
Portfolio: http://portfolio.du.edu/skrusema
Chris Linder, Clinical Assistant Professor, Higher Education Program 
Dr. Chris Linder brings over 10 years professional experience in student affairs administration, including work in Greek Life and Women's Centers. In addition to her work as a student affairs educator, Chris's pedagogy also draws on several years' experience teaching women's studies, ethnic studies, higher education, and qualitative research methods. Her research interests include exploring the dynamics of power and privilege in education and social justice movements. Mostly recently, Chris's work explored the development processes of anti-racist White feminist college women and ways Women of Color activists experience exclusion and marginalization in mainstream feminist movements. Based on her research about the experiences of Students of Color in predominantly White classrooms, Chris has also developed workshops to assist faculty in developing inclusive classroom climates. This demonstrates Chris's commitment to the practical aspects of conducting research that is applicable and helpful to those engaged in practice. Chris received her PhD in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership from the University of Northern Colorado, her MA in Educational Administration, Higher Education, from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln; and a BSBA in Human Resource Management at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Email: Chris.Linder@du.edu
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Cheryl D. Lovell, Professor, Higher Education Program 
PhD Florida State University; MEd and BA, West Georgia College, higher education
Career highlights: Directs the Association for the Study of Higher Education Public Policy Seminar for Advanced Doctoral Students; served two terms on the National Board of Directors for the National Association for Student Personnel Administration (NASPA) and chaired the Public Policy Division for five years; served on the NASPA Journal Board; invited to speak to the Ministry of Education for the Russian Federation on the importance of institutional research functions of postsecondary institutions; conducting research in China on their postsecondary educational system, focusing on adult universities; researching university governance models and their effectiveness to institutions around the globe.
Research interests: college student affairs administration, student retention, post secondary public policy
Professional affiliations: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Association for the Study of Higher Education, American Educational Research Association, Association for Institutional Research.
E-mail: cdlovell@du.edu
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Lori D. Patton, Program Coordinator, Associate Professor, Higher Education Program
Dr. Lori Patton Davis has been recognized nationally for research examining issues of identity, equity, and racial injustice affecting diverse populations in postsecondary institutions. Her teaching interests are broadly based in higher education & student affairs, Black Studies, and Women's Studies. She also has professional experience in student affairs administration.
E-Mail: lori.patton@du.edu
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Danielle Sulick, Lecturer, Higher Education Program
Danielle Sulick is a lecturer in the higher education program. Previously, Danielle has been drawn to the opportunities to improve college students' experiences by serving in student affairs positions in colleges and universities including residence life, student programs, student conduct, volunteer programs, and academic advising. Danielle is also currently doing research with the Denver Scholarship Foundation to evaluate grant-funded student support services at Colorado State University - Pueblo. Her research interests broadly include issues of access to education especially as it relates to social and structural inequities in the educational system. Danielle completed her PhD and MA in the higher education program at Morgridge and her BSBA at Bucknell University.
E-mail: dsulick@du.edu
Portfolio: http://portfolio.du.edu/dferioli
Franklin A. Tuitt, Associate Provost for Multicultural Excellence and former Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Higher Education Program
EdD, MA, Harvard; BA, Connecticut College
Career highlights: Co-edited and served as a contributing author for Race and Higher Education: Rethinking Pedagogy in Diverse College Classrooms; served as Cabot Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University; functioned as a research associate for the Harvard National Campus Diversity Project; co-chaired the Harvard Educational Review; serves as a member of the Connecticut College Board of Trustees.
Research interests: diversity in higher education, teaching and learning in racially diverse classrooms, best practices for recruiting and retaining students of color in traditionally white higher education institutions.
Professional affiliations: The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), American Educational Research Association (AERA), Professional and Organizational Development in Higher Education Network (POD), National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).
E-mail: ftuitt@du.edu
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Affiliated, non-teaching Faculty
Lynn M. Gangone, Dean, Women's College, Associate Clinical Professor, Higher Education
EdD and MEd in Higher and Postsecondary Education, Columbia University; MS and CAS in Counseling Psychology, The State University of New York at Albany; BA in Political Science, The College of New Rochelle.
Career highlights: Dean of The Women's College of the University of Denver (2007-present); visiting professor of higher education at The George Washington University and vice president at Kaludis Consulting (2004-2007); vice president of the Maryland Independent College and University Association (2000-2004); executive director and CEO of the National Association for Women in Education (NAWE) (1995-2000); and vice president of development and college relations, and dean of students, at Centenary College (New Jersey) (1987-1995).
Dr. Gangone is a nationally known speaker and writer on leadership development and career advancement for women in higher education. She recently authored the lead article in the inaugural Journal About Women in Higher Education (2008) and a book chapter in Rethinking Leadership in a Complex, Multicultural, and Global Environment: New Concepts and Models for Higher Education (2009). She co-created the Institute for Emerging Women Leaders in Higher Education, an American Council on Education award-winning leadership development program, and teaches in the HERS Institutes and the Women's Leadership Institute. She serves on numerous boards including HERS-Higher Education Resource Services; the Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce; and is part of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Campus Women Lead for Inclusive Excellence initiative. Dr. Gangone was named a Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of Colorado, received the University of Denver Center for Multicultural Excellence's "Outstanding Achievement in Multicultural Excellence Award," and was named a Wise Woman of the Women's Vision Foundation. She was honored by ACPA as a Diamond Honoree for her contributions to higher education and by The College of New Rochelle, which awarded her the Ursula Laurus citation for service to the college.
Dr. Gangone's research interests include higher education history, leadership development, and organizational change and viability. Her professional affiliations include Association for the Study of Higher Education, the American College Personnel Association, and the History of Education Society.
E-mail: lynn.gangone@du.edu
Portfolio: http://portfolio.du.edu/lgangone
James R. Davis, Dean, University College and Former Professor, Higher Education Program
PhD Michigan State University; higher education; BD Yale University Divinity School; AB Oberlin College
Career highlights: Authored seven books, including Effective Training Strategies; Learning to Lead; Better Teaching, More Learning; and Interdisciplinary Courses and Team Teaching; served as Drector of Faculty Development and the Center for Academic Quality at the University of Denver; served as Academic Dean at Wilberforce University.
Research interests: postsecondary teaching strategies, learning paradigms, leadership, interdisciplinary team teaching.
Professional affiliations: University Continuing Education Association (UCEA).
E-mail: jdavis@du.edu
Portfolio: http://portfolio.du.edu/jdavis
