Higher Education Faculty
Franklin A. Tuitt, Lead Faculty and Assistant Professor, 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
Franklin A. Tuitt Vita
Lyndsay Agans, Assistant Clinical Professor, Higher Education Program
PhD Univeristy of Denver, Higher Education; MA Suffolk University, International Relations; BS Towson State University, Political Science
A previous Diversity Faculty Fellow in the Morgridge College of Education, Lyndsay has also served as an instructor and Assistant Director of the McNair Scholars Program at the University of Northern Colorado. She is also an instructor with DUs Womens College teaching research methods. Her research interests include social justice, gender and identity, as well as gender equality. Lyndsay brings a specialization in assessment, evaluation, and university organization and governance.
Email: lagans@du.edu
Cheryl D. Lovell, Professor, Higher Education Program (on sabbatical 09-10) 
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
Web site: www.du.edu/~cdlovell
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