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Annual Critical Issues Seminars

Hosted by Doctoral Programs in Higher Education TheDepartmentofHigherEducationhoststheCriticalIssuesinHigherEducationseminareachJulytobringthoughtleadersinhighereducationtotheAPUcampusandprovideanopportunityforourdoctoralstudentstointeractwiththeseleaders.Doctoralstudentsarerequiredtoattendtwoseminarsduringtheirthreeyearsofcoursework.Theseexpertsinthefieldhavepresentedatthe“CriticalIssues”seminarsofoverthelastfiveyears.

July 2016

ShaunR.HarperisaprofessorintheGraduateSchoolofEducation,AfricanaStudies,andGenderStudiesattheUniversityofPennsylvania,wherehefoundedandservesasexecutivedirectoroftheCenterfortheStudyofRace&EquityinEducation.Hestudiestopicspertainingtoraceandgenderineducationandsocialcontexts,equitytrendsandclimateissuesoncollegecampuses,BlackandLatinomalestudentsuccessinhighschoolandhighereducation,collegestudentengagement,andintercollegiateathletics.

July 2015

DarylG.Smith,Ph.D.,isaSeniorResearchFellowandProfessorEmeritaofEducationandPsychologyatTheClaremontGraduateUniversity.Dr.Smithpreviouslyservedasacollegeadministratorinplanningandevaluation,institutionalresearch,andstudentaffairs.Herresearch,teaching,andpublicationshavebeenintheareasoforganizationalimplicationsofdiversity,assessmentandevaluation,leadershipandchange,governance,diversity

inSTEMfields,andfacultydiversity.Inadditiontonumerousarticlesandpapers,sheisanauthororco-authorofDiversity’sPromiseforHigherEducation:MakingItWork,TheChallengeofDiversity:AlienationorInvolvementintheAcademy,andmore.

July 2014

SusanR.Komives,Ph.D.,isProfessorEmeritaattheUniversityofMaryland,ispastpresidentoftheCouncilfortheAdvancementofStandardsinHigherEducation(CAS)andtheAmericanCollegePersonnelAssociation(ACPA),wasavicepresidentoftwoinstitutions,andistheauthor/editorofadozenbooksincludingStudentServices,ExploringLeadership,LeadershipforaBetterWorld,andTheHandbookforStudentLeadershipDevelopment.Dr.KomivesisaconsultingeditorforstudentleadershipwithJossey-BassandistheexecutiveeditoroftheNewDirectionsinStudentLeadershipseries.Sheisformerco-PIoftheMulti-institutionalStudyofLeadership(MSL)andaformerboardmemberoftheInternationalLeadershipAssociation.Dr.KomivesisarecipientofboththeACPAandNASPAoutstandingresearchawardsandtheACPALifetimeAchievementAward.

July 2013

AlyssaBryantRockenbach,Ph.D.,isanassociateprofessorofhighereducationatNorthCarolinaStateUniversity.Herresearchfocusesontheimpactofcollegeonstudents,withparticularattentiontospiritualdevelopment,religiousandworldviewdiversityincollegesanduniversities,campusclimate,communityserviceengagement,andgendereddimensionsofthecollegestudentexperience.Herscholarshiphasbeenfeaturedinanumberofhighereducationandinterdisciplinaryjournals,includingResearchinHigherEducation,theJournalofHigherEducation,JournalofCollegeStudentDevelopment,GenderandEducation,andReligionandEducation.Shehasbeenhonoredwithnationalawards,includingtheAmericanCollegePersonnelAssociation(ACPA)EmergingScholarAward,theAnnuitCoeptisEmergingProfessionalAward,andtheAmericanEducationalResearchAssociation(AERA)Religion&EducationSIGEmergingScholarAward.

July 2012

DarnellCole,Ph.D.,isanAssociateProfessorofEducationattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia,withanemphasisinhighereducationandeducationpsychology.Hisareasofresearchincluderace/ethnicity,diversity,collegestudentexperiences,andlearning.Hehaspublishedover30articlesandbookchaptersandisfeaturedinthemajorjournalsforhighereducationandotherrelatedfieldsincludingTheJournalofHigherEducation,JournalofCollegeStudentDevelopment,NASPAJournal,JournalofClassroomBehavior,andJournalofCreativeBehavior.