September 2022

What started with a small workshop during women’s history month turned into the first annual Latinas in Higher Education Conference held at Bronx Community College (BCC) in New York City during Hispanic Heritage Month. Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Dominican-American author and president of HSI Hostos Community College in the South Bronx.On Friday, faculty and […]

Dr. Karin PfeifferKarin Pfeiffer has been named executive director of the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at Michigan State University. She is a professor of kinesiology at the university. Pfeiffer holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and her master’s and Ph.D. from Michigan State University, specializing in exercise physiology.

Title: Dean, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University Dr. Virginia Roach is currently the dean of the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University, a position she assumed July 1, 2015. Prior to joining Fordham, Roach was the dean of the Graduate School of Education at Bank Street College, associate professor and department chair at

Title: Associate Professor and Director of Indigenous Education Initiatives, University of Oklahoma Shotton is a citizen of the Wichita & Affiliated Tribes and is also of Kiowa and Cheyenne descent. She is the inaugural director of Indigenous Education Initiatives in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education at the University of Oklahoma, where she also serves

Dr. Marissa C. Vasquez is an assistant professor of postsecondary educational leadership and the associate director of the Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL) at San Diego State University (SDSU). Her work with CCEAL involves leading multiple projects that involve institutional needs assessments for disproportionately impacted students in community colleges. Broadly, her research seeks to

Title: Vice President for Student Affairs, Temple University Dr. Theresa A. Powell is the vice president for student affairs at Temple University. Powell’s career accomplishments include her tenure as the first African American female president of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), where she has been honored as a Pillar of the Profession,

Title: Provost, Trinity Washington University Dr. Carlota Ocampo oversees academic affairs, assessment, and planning at Trinity Washington University. She earned her Ph.D. in neuropsychology from Howard University in 1997, subsequently joining Trinity as an assistant professor of psychology and in 2003 earning tenure and promotion to associate professor. She has also served as associate provost

Title: President, William & Mary Rowe, a nationally recognized leader in digital innovation for the liberal arts and sciences, became the 28th president of William & Mary on July 1, 2018. A noted teacher, scholar and entrepreneur, Rowe is a passionate advocate for the relevance of the liberal arts and sciences in a rapidly changing

Title: Executive Director of Holistic Student Supports, Achieving the Dream Davis is the executive director of Holistic Student Supports at Achieving the Dream (ATD), a nonprofit organization that is leading America’s largest network of community colleges working to become strong engines of student and community growth. Davis is responsible for leading and designing ATD’s strategy,

Title: Executive Director, University Innovation Alliance Burns is the founding executive director of University Innovation Alliance (UIA), a leading national coalition of public research universities committed to increasing the diversity of college graduates in the United States. Burns has advised university presidents and system chancellors as well as state and federal policy leaders on strategies