Community College Leadership 2021-2022
Year in Review 2021 - 2022
Our Students
57 are students currently enrolled. Approximately two-thirds are students of color and approximately two-thirds are women. Almost half of our students are from out of state (Kansas, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington).
Our first graduating class!
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Robert Hammond, Dr. Fathia Richardson, Dr. Martine Howard, Dr. Chris Genthe, Dr. Donna-Marie Gardner, Dr. Shadiquah Hordge, Dr. Meenu Jain, Dr. Kathleen Carr, Dr. Erika Carlson and Dr. Amy Hankins!
Successfully Defended: Dissertation Titles
- Martine Howard, Launching a "15 to Finish" Campaign: A Program Evaluation
- Erika Carlson, Personalized Coaching Model to Address Equity Gaps in Student Learning Outcomes
- Meenu Jain, A Program Evaluation of a Reading Quizzes in Introductory Psychology Courses at a Community College
- Shadiquah Hordge, A Program Evaluation of a Mentoring Program for Community College Students at a Predominately Black Institutions
- Fathia Richardson, Supporting Single Mother Students with On-Campus Childcare Centers: A Cross-Institutional Program Evaluation
- Kathleen Carr, Promoting Tutoring in English Composition Courses at a Rural Community College: A Program Evaluation
- Christine Genthe, An Evaluation of Spanish Language Parent and Family Orientation Programs at Two Community Colleges
- Robert Hammond, Assessing a Stereotype Threat Intervention Before the Placement Test at a Community College
- Amy Hankins, Faculty Learning Community on Effective Feedback Practices: A Program Evaluation
- Donna-Marie Gardner, A Program Evaluation of an Online Professional Development Course
Over 90% Retention for Cohorts 1, 2, and 3
Welcome Cohort 4!
Cohort 3 begins Experiential Learning
A special thank you to our partners who are hosting our doctoral students and for the mentors who will be supporting them as they work on projects in the following areas:
- Bergen Community College: Student Success/Persistence
- Brookdale Community College: Reworking Institutional Strategic Plan
- Hudson County Community College: Develop DEI Training and Activities
- Middlesex College: Student Success and Equity
- Westchester Community College: Advising Redesign
- Wyoming Community College Commission: System-Wide Strategic Planning
New Advisory Board Members
Mike Flores
Chancellor, Alamo Colleges, and vice-chair of Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
Linda Garcia
Executive director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCSSE)
Chris Reber
President of Hudson County Community College
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Students Getting Published!
In our doctoral program, we emphasize the importance of being a scholarly practitioners and students are doing just that! Several students are now published authors, with their work being shared in prestigious journals. Four of our students had part of their dissertation work published in CPED’s open access, peer-reviewed journal: Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice. Check out their articles! Two other students, Amy Hankins (Cohort 1) and Kimberlee Hooper (Cohort 2) have had their work accepted for publication in this journal so be on the lookout for their articles.
Essential Factors of a 15 to Finish Campaign: Increasing On-Time Completion Rates for Community College Students
Martine Howard (Cohort 1), Christine Harrington
Too Few Black Male Educators
Floyd Jeter (Cohort 1), John Melendez
Single Mother Students are Lacking Sufficient Support to Persist to Graduation in Community Colleges
Fathia Richardson (Cohort 1), Christine Harrington
Low Completion Rates of Latinx Community College Students
Christine Burshnick Genthe (Cohort 1), Christine Harrington
Students and faculty also co-authored an article that was published in a special issue on online programs.
An Approach to an Online EdD in Community College Leadership
Christine Harrington, Kimberlee Hooper, AnnMarie Hughes, Eric Klein, John Melendez, Faraz Siddique, and Ellen Wasserman (Cohort 2 students and faculty)
Erika Carlson (Cohort 1) also received news that her article Fundamental Components of Personalized Coaching Models for Faculty: Addressing Inequities in Learning Outcomes Data, will be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Higher Education Assessment.
One of our doctoral students collaborated with faculty and other experts in the field on an article that was published in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice.
Community College Faculty: Perceived Value of Scholarship
Christine Harrington, John Braxton, Dawn Lyken-Segosebe & Christine Genthe (Cohort 1)
Two of our students, Tammy Napiontek and Ellen Wasserman (Cohort 2), co-authored with advisory board member Debra Bragg and other experts in the field 20 Promising Practices to Advance Quality, Equity, and Success in Community College Baccalaureate (CCB) Degree Programs
Presentations at Conferences
Presenting at conferences is an important part of being a scholarly practitioner and our students and faculty have shared their expertise at numerous national and local conferences.
Community Colleges: Advancing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Presented by Yeurys Pujols (Cohort 2) at the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) conference
Being an Equity-Minded FYE Champion and Creating Culturally Affirming Assignments
Presented by Veronica Gerosimo (Cohort 1) and Christine Harrington (faculty) at the National Conference on the First-Year Experience
Faculty as DEI leaders
NISOD virtual conferencePresented by John Melendez, Christine Harrington, Mike Sparrow, Robert Hammond, AnnMarie Hughes, Aqsa Sheikh and Ellen Wasserman
Importance of Faculty in Student Success
Lilisa Williams (Cohort 3) presented at the in-person NISOD conference and ran into an advisory board member and affiliate faculty member.
Personalize It: Using Students’ Lived Experiences to Engage and Motivate
Presented by Tammy Napiontek and Ellen Wasserman (Cohort 2) at NISOD
Earn On to Learn On: Meeting Organizational Needs While Students Succeed
Presented by Sabrina Macal-Polaek at the NISOD National International Conference on Teaching & Leadership Excellence.
Effective Advising for Postsecondary Students
Sara Ackerson (Cohort 4) and Melinda Karp (affiliate faculty) served on a panel for webinar series and publication
The Power of Stereotype Threat Interventions
Presented by Michael Sparrow and Robert Hammond at the National Organization of Student Success conference.
Program Evaluation Dissertation Framework
Presented by Christine Harrington, Martine Howard, John Melendez, Michael Sparrow, at a CPED Challenge Friday session
Developing Leaders via Experiential Learning Partnerships focused on Social Justice
Presented by Christine Harrington, Mike Sparrow, Leyna Beard, and Aqsa Sheikh at a CPED Challenge Friday session
Siloed No More
Presented by Joe Falco (Cohort 3) at SUNY Student Success Summit: Holistic Approaches to Student Success
A Community College DEI Enrichment Program Model for Transformative Change
Presented by Veronica Gerosimo at NCORE
Providing High-Quality Feedback
Presented by Amy Hankins (Cohort 1) at NJCU
Using the Power of Coaching to Support Organizational Change
Jennifer Miller, executive director, NYS Student Success Center (Cohort 3) and Michael Baston, president of Rockland Community College co-presented at the Jobs for the Future Horizons Conference
Inclusive Syllabus
presented by Krista Quinn (Cohort 3) at the Two Year College English Association (TYCA) National Conference
Diversity and Implicit Bias Workshop
Jason Rodriquez (Cohort 3) presented at Oregon State University Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity
Allyship Workshop: Supporting Our LGBTQ+ Members By Building An Inclusive Organization
Jason Rodriquez (Cohort 3) presented at Sigma Psi Kappa Sorority annual alumni meeting.
Where is the Black Woman in Community College Executive Roles?
Presented by Lilisa Williams (Cohort 3) at Hudson County Community College
Teaching to their Cultural Strengths: Empowering First-Generation College Students
Presented by Ellen Wasserman and Krista Quinn at the Flying First Generation Symposium, Rowan University
Promotions/New Jobs
Kathleen Carr
Assistant Dean Academic Learning Resources
Kim Chapman
Vice President for Instruction at Edmonds College, WA
Megan Doyle
Center for Teaching and Learning Center Fellow, Johnson Community College
Regina Drake
Training and Development Coordinator, City of Port Arther, TX
Martine Howard
Consultant, Complete College America
Marie Kropp
Senior Enrollment and Success Counselor for Career, Transfer, and Academic Advising at SUNY Ulster
Krista Quinn
English Department Coordinator
Faraz Siddique
Assistant Dean of STEM, Union County College
Ellen Wasserman
Senior Research Assistant for the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative, CCRC
Awards
Veronica Gerosimo
Phi Theta Kappa Distinguished College Administrator Award and the HIH Diversity Award
AnnMarie Hughes
Outstanding Colleague Award, Brookdale Community College
Jennifer Miller
Corning Community College's SUNY Partner Award
Derrick Perkins
Great Philadelphia Social Innovation Award
Krista Quinn
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching
Jason Rodriquez
Received special recognition for his 2018-2022 term as part of the National Advisory Council (NAC) of the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE)
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Christine Harrington was promoted to Full Professor!
Congratulations to Dr. Harrington on being promoted to full professor!
Dr. Harrington’s latest edition of Student Success in College: Doing What Works! 4th edition, a research-based first-year seminar textbook, was released in 2022.
Check out this article on instructor positionality by Christine Harrington that was published in Inside Higher Education. She also co-published with Adele Macula and John Melendez a chapter titled Responding to Adult Learner Student Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Modifying Online Graduate Courses in Education to Seize Teachable Moments in Teaching in the Post COVID-19 Era
Christine Harrington was appointed to the editorial boards of two journals: Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming the Professional Practice and the Innovative Higher Education.
Christine Harrington is also serving as the Editor for the Exchange section of the Community College Journal of Research and Practice.
Mike Sparrow’s article Supporting Adult Students with Improved Enrollment Practices will be published this fall in the College and University Journal, a flagship journal of the American Associate of Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO).
Advisory Board Member Spotlight
Awards
Mike Flores
Mike Flores on behalf of Alamo Colleges District who received the American Association of Community College’s Student Success Award
Eric Friedman
Eric Friedman, PTK Paragon Award
Demond Hargrove
Demond Hargrove, Distinguished College Administrator by Phi Theta Kappa
Chris Reber
Chris Reber, Hudson County Chamber of Commerce 2021 Legends Spirit Award
Chris Reber
Dr. Chris Reber, presented with College’s “Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges” award by Dr. Edward J. Leach, Executive Director of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD)
David Stout
David Stout, ROI Influencers: Power List 2022 for Higher Education
David Stout
David Stout, Jersey Shore Chamber of Commerce for Outstanding Community Service Award
Our Advisory Board and Affiliate Faculty are Active Scholars!
Melinda Karp
Melinda Karp published Student Success Teams: An Implementation Guide for Community Colleges
Julie Alexander
Julie Alexander gave a talk in the Leadership Essential Series
Karen Archambault
Karen Archambault gave a talk to Indiana University Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences Advising Team
Debra Bragg
Debra Bragg, Inside Higher Ed podcast on community college baccalaureates
Michele Campagna
Michele Campagna presented on A Multimodal Strategy to Developmental Education Reform: Success Rates and Institutional Transformation at Westchester Community College, AACC and Doubling Down on Equity and Student Success: Why It’s More Important than Ever at Westchester Community College
Melinda Karp
Melinda Karp was the featured speaker on a podcast on holistic student support and institutional transformation
Hana Lahr
Carlos Morales
Carlos Morales, Keynote speech at ITC’s eLearning Annually Conference, Tarrant County College
Chris Shults
Chris Shults published a three-part series on Opportunities in Crisis
Expanding Knowledge and Networks
Our students get the opportunity to regularly engage with leaders in the field through Zoom talks and discussions. Here are just a few of the amazing leaders who shared their expertise with our students:
Kenya Ayers-Palmore
Kenya Ayers-Palmore, president Tarrant County College Northeast Campus
John Chawana
John Chawana, vice chancellor of Institutional Effectiveness at Metropolitan Community College
Edna Chun
Edna Chun, author of Conducting an Institutional Diversity Audit
Guarav Gupta
Guarav Gupta, Kotter International LLC
Nate Johnson
Nate Johnson, Postsecondary Education Policy and Research
Martha Kanter
Martha Kanter, Chief Executive Officer, College Promise & Senior Fellow, NYU Steinhardt Institution for Higher Education Policy
Christopher Mullin
Christopher Mullin, author of Community College Finance: A Guide for Institutional Leaders
Tisha Parades
Tisha Parades, author of Using Focus Groups to Listen, Learn, and Lead in Higher Education
Matt Reed
Matt Reed, vice president for academic affairs, Brookdale Community College, blogger for Inside Higher Ed
Jermaine Williams
Jermaine Williams, president Montgomery College