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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Planning Committee Members and Speakers
Pages 35-50

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... is the associate provost for research at Spelman College, a historically Black liberal arts college for women of African descent. In this role, she serves as the chief advocate for research at the college and leads the Office of Research, Innovation, and Collaboration.
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... Black holds several national appointments relating to faculty development and advancement with the National Institutes of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the American Associations of Medical Colleges, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and the Society for Neuroscience. She has won a number of distinctions for her research and service, including the Samuel Debois Cook Society Award and the Dean's Award for Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education.
From page 37...
... He is a past recipient of the UNC at Pembroke's School of Education Distinguished Faculty Award. During his 29 years of service to the state of North Carolina, he worked three years as a high school counselor, two years as an academic advisor at UNC at Pembroke's Freshman Seminar Program, four years as an academic advisor in North Carolina State University's First-Year College and the last 19 years as a professor, program director, department chair, associate dean, dean, and director of the Southeast American Indian Studies Program at the UNC at Pembroke.
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... Previously, she served as an assistant dean for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the graduate school at the University of Utah where she created the first-ever Postdoc Association, Dissertation Institute, and Industry Spotlight Series. As assistant dean for professional and career development at North Carolina Central University, she chaired the professional development department, where she created a new curriculum to provide students with enhanced career readiness and employment skills.
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... His research interests are in the area of marine landscape ecology. Garza serves as the coprincipal investigator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems and directs the Monterey Bay Regional Ocean Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates program funded by the National Science Foundation.
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... He has served as a nurse practitioner under the National Disaster Medical System as an active member of the Trauma Critical Care Team for the last 15 years. He teaches and conducts research as an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida's College of
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... in Undergraduate Biology Education Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Network (CUREnet) , and the NSF RCN program on equity and diversity in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the University of Minnesota.
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... Hora is also the director of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. His current research program is focused on providing rigorous empirical evidence on issues related to college internship access, quality, and outcomes to partner institutions that include community colleges; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Hispanic-Serving Institutions; and regional comprehensive universities in China, Japan, and the U.S.
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... has been the faculty director of online education at MiraCosta College since 2011. He collaborates locally, regionally, and statewide with faculty, administrators, student services, professionals, technologists, and students to help MiraCosta strengthen student equity and success through excellent online learning environments, experiences, and support services.
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... She currently serves as the principal investigator for three NSF projects: the Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership, UVI's Historically Black Colleges and Universities undergraduate program grant, and Florida-Caribbean Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Regional Center of Excellence. From 2005 to 2008, McKayle was the program officer at the NSF's Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program.
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... senior vice president for academic affairs, the executive vice president and provost at the University of New Mexico, and vice provost and graduate dean at the University of Washington. Ortega's primary research interests are mental health epidemiology, health services, and race and ethnic relations.
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... She has written three books focusing on equity and inclusion in higher education, as well as numerous articles and papers on the subject. She completed the National Academy of Education's first national study of graduate student mental health and now directs the National Science Foundation-funded California Consortium for Inclusive Doctoral Education and the Inclusive Graduate Education Research Hub.
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... is currently a cyber-security major at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. He participated in the virtual Research Experiences for Undergraduates program sponsored by the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions and funded by the National Science Foundation.
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... Her research program includes work on curricular and residential learning communities, undergraduate community formation, and higher education knowledge networks. Smith is co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research (RAPID)
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... From 1990 to 2000, Stein was an assistant and then associate professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at MIT and at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Laboratory for Computer Science there. Stein's research spans the fields of artificial intelligence, programming languages, and engineering and computer science education.
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... She has authored and edited seven books including The Case for Affirmative Action; Working with Students in Community Colleges: Contemporary Strategies for Bridging Theory, Research, and Practice; The State of the African American Male; and The Obama Administration and Educational Reform. She holds a PhD in higher education administration with a specialization in community college leadership and educational evaluation from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


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