student success Experts

Michelle Kearns, Ed.D.

Vice President of Student AffairsUtah Valley University

Kearns provides vision and leadership for student enrollment, retention, and completion.

Kyle Reyes, Ph.D.

Vice President of Institutional AdvancementUtah Valley University

Reyes is an expert in research focuses on multicultural education, cross-cultural communication and arts-based integration.

Paula Lemons

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Innovation | Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

Transforming the curricular and academic environment

Sandra M. Chafouleas

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Educational PsychologyUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Chafouleas is an expert on whole child, school mental health, behavioral assessment, and K12 tiered systems of support.

Wioleta Fedeczko, Ph.D.

Interim Chief of StaffUtah Valley University

Fedeczko is an expert in rhetoric and composition, writing studies and faculty governance

Dominique Baker

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Delaware

Expert on the way that education policy affects and shapes the access and success of minoritized students in higher education

Richard Starnes

Provost/Vice Chancellor for Academic AffairsWestern Carolina University

David Creswell

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

David Creswell’s research focuses broadly on understanding what makes people resilient under stress.

Mark Greenfield

Web Accessibility Officer - University at BuffaloExpertFile

Higher education web professional, consultant, keynote speaker, future, educational technologist

Azim Eskandarian, DSc, FASME, FIEEE, FSAE

Alice T. and William H. Goodwin Jr. Dean, College of EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Dr. Eskandarian serves as the Dean of the VCU College of Engineering.