Doctorate of Education Faculty Bios

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1 Doctorate of Education Faculty Bios Peg Bourque Peg Bourque is the Associate Vice President of Treasury & Auxiliary Services at Saint Anselm College and just started her 14 th year at the College. She is responsible for all Treasury activities including oversight of the College's investments and debt portfolio as well as risk management, management of cash and all banking services and relationships. In addition, she oversees the College bookstore, Conference and Event Services, Sullivan Ice Arena and Dining Services. Prior to her work at Saint Anselm, she was the Treasury Manager at a natural gas utility company for 14 years followed by a brief stint as Executive Director of a non-profit substance abuse treatment center. Peg received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire and her M.B.A. from Southern New Hampshire University. She is also a Certified Treasury Professional. Peg teaches Budget and Finance Beth Devonshire Beth Devonshire, Esq., has been the Director of Student Conduct at Bridgewater State University since May In this role, Beth oversees the student conduct system, including drafting all policies and procedures related to student conduct matters. Prior to that, Beth served as the Director of Community Standards at Stonehill College for 7 years. While at Stonehill, Beth also served as the Title IX Coordinator. Beth has also presented extensively on Title IX including presentations to colleges, statewide organizations, regional conferences, and at the OCR Title IX Conference in March of Additionally, Beth has given multiple presentations on other legislation and legal issues effecting higher education, including FERPA, Clery, and alcohol and other drug prevention. Before beginning her career in higher education, Beth served as a clerk for the Justices of the Superior Court from Prior to that, Beth worked at the Massachusetts State House as Deputy Attorney for House Ways and Means, Chief of Staff for the Committee on Election Laws and as a Researcher for the Committee on Local Affairs. Beth teaches Preventative Law

2 Kathryn Dodge Dr. Kathryn Dodge is focused on excellence in policy, practice and professional development in Higher Education. She co-founded Radio Higher Ed (RadioHigerEd.com), a national policy podcast designed to inform and challenge listeners to consider higher education policy and their implications. She serves, by gubernatorial appointment, as a Commissioner at Education Commission of the States. In 2013 she was named to the newly formed National Council State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA). Dr. Dodge s practice is focused on clients ready for organizational change that is strategic, systemic and sustainable, often leveraged by accreditation or compliance requirements. This organizational level work is balanced by teaching at the public land grant in NH where she is a faculty affiliate for the Ph.D. program and at New England College where she teaches in the hybrid Ed.D. program. Dr. Dodge has significant campus-based experience at Keene State College, a Council for Public Liberal Arts Institution. She also has a decade of policy experience working as a N.H. State Higher Education Executive Officer (SHEEO), executive director of a coordinating state agency with regulatory and fiscal responsibilities. In that capacity she chaired the NH P-16 Council and served as a U.S. Department of Education negotiator representing the national SHEEO organization. Her board experience includes a decade at the New England Board of Higher Education. She also spent several years in for-profit education and publishing early in her career. Dr. Dodge received her Ph.D. in Human and Organization Systems from the Fielding Graduate University, Calif., in She has Master s degrees in Organization Development and Student Guidance and Counseling and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biblical Literature. Kathryn teaches Public Policy in Higher Education Carlton Fitzgerald Carlton is Associate Professor of Education and Associate Dean for Education. He brings his vast experience in education to all the classes he teaches. Carlton has served as a public school teacher, assistant principal and principal in elementary, middle, and high schools. Before coming to New England College he was an adjunct instructor at Colby-Sawyer and Notre Dame colleges. Carlton is a frequent guest lecturer at the University of Oradea in Oradea, Romania. He received his B.A. from Bates College, his M.Ed. and CAGS from the University of Maine, and his Ed.D. from the University of Vermont. Carlton teaches Brain Research and Learning, Futuristic Organizational Theory, Curriculum for the Information Age, and Comprehensive Project Seminar

3 Gavin Henning Gavin is Associate Professor of Higher Education and directs the Master of Science in Higher Education Administration and the Doctorate of Education programs. Prior to his current position, Gavin spent 20 years in higher education administration with experience in residential life and housing, judicial affairs, alcohol and other drug issues, diversity initiatives, and divisional leadership. He spent 12 years working in student affairs assessment and institutional research. Gavin s scholarship has been published in professional journals and scholarly magazines and he has been an invited speaker at regional, national, and international conferences on the topic of assessment and evaluation in higher education. His scholarly interests include student engagement, student success, assessment, and institutional effectiveness. During his professional career, Gavin has been highly involved in ACPA. He currently is Vice President and has served as annual convention general programs chair ( ), Director of Professional Development on the Governing Board ( ), and the Chair for the Commission for Assessment and Evaluation ( ). He is a board member for the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) where he also serves on the CAS Executive Committee as Member-At-Large for Outreach. Gavin is founder and past-president of Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL), an international organization of student affairs assessment professionals. He has been received the Annuit Coeptis and Diamond Honoree awards from ACPA for his contributions to student affairs and higher education. Gavin holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Education Leadership and Policy Studies and a Master of Arts degree both from the University of New Hampshire as well as a Master of Arts degree in College and University Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Sociology from Michigan State University. Gavin lives in Pembroke, NH with his wife who is a high school English teacher. Gavin teaches Contemporary Issues in Higher Education, Quantitative Research Methods in Education, Dissertation Seminars, and Comprehensive Project Seminar Gene Knott Gene Knott is a psychologist and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Rhode Island. He was a university administrator for 27 years at three different colleges and universities. Dr. Knott also taught in the University s MBA program, where his courses included Leadership, and Organization Development. He has been an

4 adjunct faculty member in Psychology, Nursing, and Adult Education, and a Fellow in Gerontology. In addition, Gene has more than 40 years experience in systems consulting, group facilitation, as well as in training design and delivery for many public and private sector organizations globally. He has also been an executive coach for twenty-six years. Gene has worked extensively with six sectors: health care, human services, banking, high tech, professional associations, and higher education. His primary areas of interest include organization change, coach training, leadership development, workforce management and succession planning, team building, and cultural competency. He is also the author or co-author of four books and dozens of book chapters and articles, and has made several hundred invited presentations internationally about his areas of expertise. Dr. Knott was a private practice psychotherapist for over thirty years, and specialized in behavioral medicine. He is an American Board of Professional Psychology Diplomate, a board certification honor accorded only four per cent of North American psychologists. A co-founder and former president of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, he is a frequent presenter on topics of dying and grief. He and his wife, Nancy, live in Wakefield RI, hosting their out-of-state grandchildren on frequent, happy occasions. Gene teaches Organizational Leadership and Change Brian McCoy Brian is a Professor of Psychology at Nichols College. Prior to this recent faculty appointment, Brian served as the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Nichols for 15 years. He also serves as adjunct psychology professor at Assumption College as well as in the graduate programs at New England College and Nichols College. His former student affairs positions were in the residence life departments at Wentworth Institute of Technology and Assumption College. He also served as the Department Manager for the Division of Family Practice at the Fallon Clinic. Brian earned his Ed.D. in Educational Policy, Research, and Administration from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (2003). He also holds an M.A. in Counseling Psychology (1988) from Assumption College and B.A. in Psychology from Anna Maria College (1985). Brian s writings include a co-authored chapter with Dr. Cheryl Barnard entitled The Final Six Weeks which can be found in Ready for the Real World (Blume, Gardner, Hartell & Schwartz, 1994). He was also the co-author of Fallon 101 A Longitudinal Orientation which appeared in the HMO Journal. His most recent publication, Decisions Matter: Using a Decision-Making

5 Framework with Contemporary Student Affairs Case Studies was published in March Brian has also served as a reviewer for Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Human Sexuality (Taverner & McKee, 2012) and The Developing Person: Through the Life Span (Berger, 2007). As an active member of NASPA since 1985, he has served in a variety of leadership positions for the Association, including: Region I Conference Chair (2001); Region I Vice President ( ); Featured Speakers Chair (2009 NASPA Annual Conference); and, as a member of the Joint ACPA/NASPA Taskforce on the Future of Student Affairs ( ). His most recent involvement is as the 2013 NASPA Annual Conference Chair Brian teaches Strategic Management in Higher Education Robert McLaughlin Robert T. McLaughlin, Ph.D. administers assessment and approval of professional educator preparation programs for the New Hampshire Department of Education and advises on relevant state policy. Bob has served since 2001 on the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) national commission on technology and the future of teacher education, which he now chairs. This group advises ATE s leadership on infusing technology into educator preparation, and designs and leads hands-on faculty development on technology integration at ATE s annual winter and summer conferences. He also co-chairs ATE s new presidential task force on providing resources for professional growth in the digital age, whose primary task is to recommend strategies to optimize the association s value to experienced and novice faculty, adjunct faculty, and cooperating educators in the digital age. He founded, and for several years chaired, two special interest groups on digital equity and innovative learning technologies for the International Society for Technology in Education. He founded and now co-chairs the nonprofit Digital Opportunity Consortium, whose aim is to close the digital divide at home for the nation s low-income children and their families. Bob has led large scale technical assistance initiatives supporting systemic reform by P12 and teacher educators in science, mathematics and technology e.g., the Eisenhower Regional Alliance for Math and Science Education Reform ( ) and the Virtual Professional Development School Consortium ( ). He has diverse teaching experience including as a K-8 teacher, school principal, and GED instructor in all subjects for a tribal community college on a North Dakota reservation. He currently serves as adjunct professor in grant writing, assistive technology, technology integration, and educational reform policy and practice. To this work he has brought an abiding conviction that for educational reform to be successful, educators need opportunities for sustained collaboration to co-define the goals of reform and for action research to continually assess and refine their efforts to improve learning opportunities, climate and results for all students. Bob teaches Recreating Educational Policy.

6 Mary McNeil Dr. McNeil is currently Professor Emerita (Plymouth State University) and an educational consultant. She serves on the New Hampshire Professional Standards Board and is actively involved with an international consortium of universities focused on excellence in teacher education preparation. Throughout her career, Dr. McNeil has been a contributor to the profession through her many publications in educational journals and her book chapters. She has presented at numerous national and international conferences on topics related to special education and leadership. She has been a successful grant writer garnering millions of dollars for innovative projects. Additionally, she was president of the Partners of the Americas (Vermont-Honduras) where she worked with Honduran partners on projects such as special education, initiatives to assist women in rural areas gain employment, and water harvesting research. While at Plymouth State University, she was Director of the CAGS Program in Educational Leadership and also Director of the Pakistani Institute for Teachers. She was the founding editor of the New Hampshire Journal of Education and remains on the board of reviewers. She served as Associate Dean at Chapman University in Orange, California where she collaborated with colleagues to expand the global initiatives of the College of Educational Studies and to review and revise curriculum and program offerings. She taught in the PhD program and served on dissertation committees. Mary teaches Visionary Educational Leadership Prue Merton Prue Merton is an educational developer working with the Dartmouth Center for Advancement of Learning. With expertise in learning theory, pedagogy, and curriculum design, she works with faculty at Dartmouth to support their teaching and to facilitate student learning. She does similar work with a team of public health professionals at Muhimbili School of Public Health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and has conducted faculty development workshops in Qatar and India as well. Dr. Merton came to Dartmouth from Texas A&M University's Center for Teaching Excellence and taught in the higher education administration graduate program for the College of Education. In her doctoral research, Dr. Merton collected and analyzed educators' occupational life histories to better understand their experience of teacher development and curricular reform. Dr. Merton¹s training and consulting skills were honed while working for the U.S. Peace Corps in Washington DC. Her experience with supporting academic writing is documented in a forthcoming chapter in Working with Faculty Writers, (Utah State University Press). Prue teaches Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Innovative Pedagogies

7 Debra Nitschke-Shaw Debra Nitschke-Shaw is the Associate Dean of Education and Professor of Education. She has been a faculty member at NEC for over 25 years and has taught in the public schools (general education and special education classes), been the Chairperson of the Henniker School Board, and worked tirelessly to help students who want to become teachers achieve their goals. Her nationally recognized work in service-learning, civic engagement, and partnership development is something that she eagerly shares with her students. She has worked with the State Department of Education on developing the new Teacher Evaluation model for the State of NH, is a member of the New Hampshire Council for Teacher Education, and supports students in their roles as student interns in the classroom. In addition, she has chaired a number of doctoral candidates dissertation committees and is excited about learning along with her students. Debra s areas of expertise and research interests include elementary education, special education, partnership development, service-learning and civic engagement, assessment, leadership development, teacher evaluation and development. Debra is an alumna of New England College where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree. She has a M.Ed. from Keene State College, and a M.Ed. and Ph.D. from Fielding University. Debra teaches Qualitative Research Methods in Education and Dissertation Seminars and facilitates many Comprehensive Projects and Chairs many Dissertation Committees. Debra teaches Qualitative Research Methods in Education and Dissertation Seminars Bill Preble Bill is a Professor of Education at New England College who has taught at NEC for 15 years. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Education, Educational Psychology, School Climate Leadership, and Educational Research. Bill was the 2011 Kilgore Award-winning Professor of the Year at New England College. Bill is a former elementary teacher, middle school social students teacher, and elementary principal. Bill's major area of research is in the field of youth leadership, youth political socialization, and school climate leadership and change. Bill is the founder of the Center for School Climate and Learning that provides schools, organizations, and government agencies with anti-bullying and school climate and culture research, evaluation and professional development services. Bill has worked successfully in hundreds of schools throughout the country to help school leaders, teachers, and students improve school climate, safety, respect, student leadership, and respectful teaching and learning. Bill is the developer of the SafeMeasures Process, a research-supported school improvement framework that has been used extensively by schools in NH, ME, MA, TN, FL,

8 and OH. He is the author of two books: The Respectful School (ASCD), written with Steven Wessler in 2003, and, Transforming School Climate and Learning (Corwin, 2012) co-authored by Rick Gordon. Bill s work was also featured this past year in Educational Leadership and the New Hampshire Journal of Education. Bill teaches Quantitative Research Methods in Education Eric Ramsey Eric Ramsey joined Dartmouth College in 2004, as the current director of the Collis Student Center & Student Involvement Office, Eric is responsible for Dartmouth s student activities program - including traditions programming, student governance, student organizations, leadership and late night programming and the Collis Center facilities management. Eric completed his undergraduate work at University of Arkansas, graduating with a BA in English and his graduate work at University of Texas, Austin with a M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration. After graduation, Eric worked at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana as a Program Advisor for Student Activities. In May of 2011, Eric completed his Doctorate in Education (Ed.D) at the University of Vermont. Eric's research interest is in community development and understanding how students experience community and how it impacts the collegiate experience. Throughout his career he has taught college writing. In addition to his student affairs teaching at NEC, he has also taught in the UVM Masters program. Eric teaches Qualitative Research Methods Brian Reed Dr. Brian D. Reed is an Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students at Dartmouth College. His research and writing has focused primarily on the intersections or race, class, and gender and their effects on student experiences and outcomes. Specifically, Dr. Reed has written and presented nationally on the convergence of socioeconomic status, gender, and whiteness and the simultaneous embodiment of privileged and marginalized identities. His work on the intersections of socio-economic status and college men was published in Jason Laker & Tracy Davis s Masculinities in Higher Education: Theoretical and Practical Considerations. He serves as an editorial reviewer for Educational Researcher, is an advisory board member for Center for the Study of Masculinities and Men's Development at Western Illinois University, and is Vice-President of The College Garden, a not-for-profit foundation focusing on increasing post-secondary attendance among rural, low-income and first-generation college students. He has served as the Chair of the Men and Masculinities Knowledge Community for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and was most recently the Scholar-in- Residence for the American College Personal Association s Standing Committee on Men and Masculinities. Dr. Reed resides in Orford, New Hampshire with his partner, Laura, and their four cats. Brian teaches Advanced Student Development Theory

9 Sylvia Spears Sylvia Spears joined Emerson College as Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion in As the chief diversity and inclusion officer for the College, Sylvia is responsible for the development and implementation of programs and policies that reflect and enhance the College s mission while extending its commitment to diversity, inclusion, and civility. She leads efforts to achieve the College s goals related to faculty and staff hiring and retention; curricular innovation; student recruitment and success; campus climate; external relationships and partnerships; and building a stronger campus community. In addition to directing the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Sylvia serves as a member of the President s Council. Prior to Emerson, Sylvia served as Assistant Vice President for Academic Initiatives at New England College, working with the college s senior leadership to promote innovative academic programming and implement the College s strategic plan. She also held faculty status as an Associate Professor of Education and served as Director of the College s Doctoral Program in Education. Sylvia spent more than five years at Dartmouth College in positions of increasing responsibility. She began her Dartmouth service in 2007 as Associate Dean of Student Life and Director of the Office of Pluralism and Leadership (OPAL), providing administrative, financial, and supervisory oversight of numerous departments including the Center for Women and Gender, the Office of Asian and Asian-American Advising, the Office of Black Student Advising, International Student Programs, the Office of Latino/a Advising, the Office of LGBT Advising, and the Native American Program. In , she was appointed Acting Senior Associate Dean of Dartmouth College, serving as the Dean s principal advisor on matters related to student academic support for all undergraduate students. The following year, she accepted the President s invitation to serve as Dean of Dartmouth College, an interim position that she held for two years. As Dean she oversaw the largest administrative unit at Dartmouth and managed a $65 million annual budget. Between 1996 and 2007, Sylvia worked in a variety of capacities at the University of Rhode Island, including as an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies ( ), and a lecturer in the same department ( ), during which time she taught graduate and undergraduate courses. Sylvia also served as the Interim Affirmative Action Officer for nearly two years. She previously had held leadership positions at Bryant College in Multicultural Affairs and with the Narragansett Indian Tribe. Sylvia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communications and Master of Science in Human Development and Family Studies with a focus in college student personnel from the University of Rhode Island. She also earned a Ph.D. in Education from the Rhode Island College/University of Rhode Island Joint Doctoral Program In Education. Sylvia has served as a Board member of the Consortium for High Achievement and Success, a member of National Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA), and an associate member of the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Sylvia continues to be a highly sought after consultant, facilitator and speaker. Sylvia teaches Promoting Access, Retention, and Achievement