Franklin A. Tuitt, Director 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
Malaika McKee-Culpepper, Lecturer and Diversity Faculty Fellow, Higher Education Program
PhD University of Minnesota , Twin Cities, College of Education, Higher Education Policy and Administration; EdM Harvard University Graduate School of Education; BA University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, Political Science and French.
Career highlights: Wrote a policy report in the summer of 2005 for the State Higher Executive Officers focusing on the social marketing of higher education to students of color; 2001-2002 Inaugural Class Colorado State Senator Gloria Tanner's Future Black Women Leaders of Colorado; Honors with distinction from the National Civilian Community Corps; Completed national service with AmeriCorp Learn and Serve: Higher Education; Summer fellow at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; State of New Hampshire, Partner's in Education Gold Circle Achievement Award for Educational Excellence; Former middle school ESL teacher; Visiting scholar at McGill University in Montréal, Canada and Université Paul Valery, Montpelier, France.
Research interests: My dissertation explored the 2003, national data set from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program using HLM and factor analysis to examine correlates of civic engagement as they pertain to the expectation for civic engagement in college on behalf of first year students; additional interests include civic engagement theory and assessment for higher education accountability, the role of media in higher education, the impact of geography on colleges and universities, and social marketing higher education to under-represented populations.
Professional affiliations: AERA, ASHE.
E-mail: mmckeecu@du.edu
Jeremy Hernandez, Lecturer and Diversity Faculty Fellow, Higher Education Program
PhD, Michigan State University, Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education; MBA, University of Texas at San Antonio, Business Administration; BA University of Texas at Austin, Psychology
Career highlights: Created online database of innovative teaching practices occurring nationally across the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning; created and distributed a survey instrument as part of a comprehensive progress evaluation of all Ford Foundation Higher Education Policy Initiative sponsored programs; contributed to a report describing the overall state of higher education policy funding efforts and the Ford Foundations overall impact on higher education policy issues; awarded a 2007 Michigan State University (MSU) Dissertation Completion Fellowship; served as 2005-2006 chairperson of MSUs Committee on Student Affairs.
Research interests: faculty and graduate student development, academic governance, leadership, teaching and learning in multicultural settings, academic pipeline issues, academic labor issues, and inter-institutional collaborations.
Professional affiliations: Association for the Study of Higher Education, American Education Research Association
Email: jeremy.hernandez@du.edu
Cheryl D. Lovell, Associate Dean, Morgridge College of Education and 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
Web site: www.du.edu/~cdlovell
James R. Davis, Dean, University College and 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