Congratulations on your recent publication Bhavika! Visit the link to view the poem: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/281/article/880407 Sicka, B. (2022). Live broadcast from India’s favorite news channel. …
Dr. Mathies and Dr. Umbach earned best paper from the 14th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Informatics
In July, Dr. Mathies received best paper with co-author Paul Umbach from the 14th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Informatics in Koriyama, Japan. The …
Dr. Heidi Fischer promoted to Research Director at Hanover Research
Heidi Fischer (HIED, class of 2021) was recently promoted to the role of Research Director at Hanover Research, a market research firm based in …
Dr. Commodore is quoted in The Washington Post article titled “The wave of college presidential departures hits HBCUs”
In this article, Dr. Commodore provides commentary about presidential departures at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. She discussed the need for more research about …
Announcement: Dr. Sasso joins Delaware State University as an Associate Professor
Dr. Pietro Sasso recently joined the Higher Education Leadership program at Delaware State University as an Associate Professor. Dr. Sasso will serve as the …
Announcement: Bhavika Sicka has been selected to participate on the 2023-2024 ASHE Graduate Student Committee
Bhavika Sicka has been selected to participate on the 2023-2024 ASHE Graduate Student Committee. The GSC coordinates various programs and events focused on graduate …
Dr. Gregory elected to serve as a member of ODU’s Faculty Senate
Dr. Dennis Gregory has been elected to serve as an at-large member of the Old Dominion University Faculty Senate. In this role he will …
Gabrielle Smith Finnie Awarded MDRC Doctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Gabrielle Smith Finnie who was selected to be apart of the Gueron Scholars Program. The Gueron Scholars Program is a summer fellowship …
Dr. Commodore Quoted in Higher Ed Dive
Dr. Felecia Commodore is quoted in a recent blog post titled Why are HBCU presidential departures surging? published on the Higher Ed Dive. In the article Dr. …
Dr. Commodore Quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education
Dr. Felecia Commodore is quoted in a recent blog post titled Regional Public Colleges Art Affordable-but Is That Enough to Draw Students published in …
Announcement: Office of Community College Research & Leadership Webinar
REACH Equity Champion Consultants Panel Discuss Resisting Racial Equity While Trying to Diversify Pathways In this webinar, Gianina Baker (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) hosts panelists Felecia Commodore (Old …
Tabasum Wolayat Awarded the Irene Hilgers Prize
Congratulations Tabasum Wolayat on being awarded the Irene Hilgers Prize for the article “Songs of War and Despair: Two Afghan/Uzbek Women’s Life History and …
Current Student and Alumni Updates
Email readers: we have so many updates this week! Be sure to click through to read them all. Kim Bullington (HIED Ph.D., ’14), along …
CCL alum Dr. Milan Hayward named President of Pierpont Community and Technical College
Dr. Milan Hayward (CCL Ph.D. ’12) is the new President of Pierpont Community & Technical College in Fairmont, West Virginia. As reported by WVNews: …
Dr. Williams receives Diversity Champion Award
Dr. Mitchell R. Williams was a recipient of a Diversity Champion Award at a luncheon at Old Dominion University on April 19, 2023. Williams …
ODU mini-reunion at P&HCC inauguration
ODU alumni and faculty met recently in Martinsville, Virginia for the inauguration of Dr. Greg Hodges as the new President of Patrick & Henry …
New publication: Dr. Smithers on profaning methodology
Dr. Laura Smithers has a new publication in Departures in Critical Qualitative Research. The article, “Fuck It: Profaning Methodologies,” explores the generative stance of …
New publications: Dr. Mathies authors two chapters
Dr. Charlie Mathies has authored two recent chapters. The first is “Incentives, Rationales, and Expected Impact: Linking Performance-Based Research Funding to Internal Funding Distributions …
Alumni Updates
Dr. Anne Leavy Prial (CCL Ph.D. ’20) is the author of a new book, The Fullest Measure: A Story o f Courage, Loss, and …
New publications: Dr. Commodore authors reports for ACE and The Conversation
Dr. Felecia Commodore has authored two recent reports. In the first, a report for the American Council on Education (“Five Components of Building Strong …
Bullington awarded research grant
Dr. Kim Bullington (adjunct faculty and HIED Ph.D., ’14) was recently awarded a $9,395 grant from the Virginia Space Grant Consortium along with Dr. …
Current Student and Alumni Updates
Kimberley Williams, Higher Education M.S.Ed. alum, is one step closer to her doctorate. She successfully defended her dissertation proposal and is on to dissertation …
Dr. Commodore featured in REACH Collaborative podcast
Dr. Felecia Commodore is a featured guest in the REACH Collaborative’s podcast series titled Promoting Racial Equity in Credentialing Pathways for Adult Learners of …
Dr. Commodore co-authors policy brief on leadership for racial equity in the VCCS
Dr. Felecia Commodore, as an equity consultant to the Virginia Community College System with Dr. Pamela Eddy (William & Mary), authored a policy brief …