LifeNet Newsletter, Winter 2019

The

LifeNet Winter 2019

Newsletter

THE HARDEE CENTER WISHES YOU

SAFE TRAVELS &

NO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THIS CONFERENCE SEASON

As the Spring Semester continues, We've been keeping Busy, here at FSU. We welcomed potential Master's & Doctoral students; attended the Dalton Institution; applied for future jobs and internships; traveling and packing for conferences; and are preparing for graduation and practicum.

We hope this newsletter finds you and your loved ones well, and that this semester is filled joy.

Sending you positive vibes and some Florida sunshine, Kathy & Michaela

IN THIS ISSUE:

3 | NASPA Reception RSVP Information 4 - 5 | Hardee Center Oral History Participation Information 6 | Contribute to Dr. Bob's Memory Book 7 | LifeNet Conference Database 8 - 13 | LifeNet Celebrations & Announcements 14 | Great Give 15 | Access Our Class of 2019 Resume Book 16 | Class of 2019 Hooding Ceremony Information 17 | Follow Us on Twitter 18 - 23 | Faculty Publications & Announcements 24 | Join our Facebook Group 25 | Update Your Contact Information

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The Hardee Center is excited to connect with our LifeNet Members and collect their stories at NASPA! NASPA INTERVIEW APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE:

Sunday, 2:30p March 10 4:30p Monday, March 11 8:30a & Tuesday, March 12 4:30p These interviews will take about 30-45 minutes and will focus on your experience at FSU.

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Contribute to Dr. Schwartz's Memory Book We are celebrating Dr. Schwartz's recognition as a 2019 NASPA Pillar of the Profession and his incredible impact on the LifeNet by creating a memory book!

There are several ways to contribute: You can send a story/photos/letter/memory digitally through the link below or mail something to the Hardee Center. We will also have a station at the FSU NASPA Reception for hand written notes and letters.

JOIN US IN THIS CELEBRATION! Deadline to submit: March 8, 2019

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You can filter by conference, date, and time.

If you are presenting at any conference, please consider adding your information to this database!

Celebrations & Announcements

ANDREW NASH LifeNet Class of 2014

Dance Marathon Manager Children's Miracle Network Hospitals

Andrew Nash began a new chapter in his professional career as a Dance Marathon Manager at Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Andrew is now responsible for advising students at 30+ institutions as they raise funds and awareness for their local children's hospitals.

JESSICA MCPHERRIN SHERIDAN LifeNet Class of 2011

Chief Operating Officer Delta Phi Epsilon International Sorority

Jessica McPherrin Sheridan was promoted to Chief Operating Officer at Delta Phi Epsilon International Sorority overseeing a membership of 70,000+ and 109 undergraduate chapters in North America.

NICOLE KAZANECKI LifeNet Class of 2014

Learning & Development Manager PricewaterhouseCoopers

Nicole Kazanecki and Nick Langenback are getting married on June, 28, 2019 in Long Island, NY!

SPENCER SCRUGGS LifeNet Class of 2016

Assistant Director, Student Disability Resource Center Florida State University

Spencer Scruggs was elected Incoming Chair of the Coalition for (Dis)Ability with ACPACollege Student Educators International.

ADAM B. STERRITT LifeNet Class of 2000

Assistant Vice President for Student Success & Engagement The University of Alabama

Dr. Sterritt recently began a newly imagined Assistant Vice President for Student Success and Engagement role at The University of Alabama, designed as a collaboration between the Division of Student Life and Office for Academic Affairs. With a dual report to both the VP of Student Life as well as the Provost/Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Sterritt's position provides centralized leadership and enhanced coordination and collaboration for UA’s programs and services related to student success, with the goals of increased retention, completion, and overall student success. Dr. Sterritt continues responsibility for student engagement areas in Student Life (Ferguson Student Center, FYE & Retention Initiatives, Student Involvement, Student Media, University Programs) while assuming responsibility for the Capstone Center for Student Success in the Office for Academic Affairs, which includes academic support services aimed at all students as well as priority student support programs such as SSS/TRIO, Alabama REACH, firstgeneration student scholarships, and the Crimson Edge and Exploring for Success programs for first-year students.

BLAKE WEISS LifeNet Class of 2017

Neighborhood Relations Coordinator University of South Carolina

Blake Weiss was awarded a $3,500 NASPA Innovation Grant on behalf of the Department of Student Life at UofSC. The grant will support the innovative work in utilizing geographic information system (GIS) software to create a better understanding, both visually and analytically, of the student experience off campus, including the impacts on the local community and unique student needs off campus.

BETH WRINKLE NAHLIK LifeNet Class of 2008

Assistant Dean of Student Success & Title III Director Illinois College

As of February 1, 2019 Beth Wrinkle Nahlik was promoted to Assistant Dean of Student Success & Director of Title III.

SONJA ARDOIN LifeNet Class of 2006

Assistant Professor of Student Affairs Administration Appalachian State University

Dr. Sonja Ardoin is being recognized with two national awards this spring. She was named a 2019-2021 ACPA Emerging Scholar, one of the most prestigious awards for an early career scholar in student affairs, and is the recipient of the 2019 Socioeconomic and Class Issues in Higher Education KC Outstanding Service to NASPA Award. Both awards will be conferred during the annual conferences in March.

Publications: Dr. Sonja Ardoin (M.S., 2006) is publishing her third book, Straddling Class in the Academy: 26 Stories of Students, Administrators, and Faculty from Poor and Working Class Backgrounds and Their Compelling Lessons for Higher Education Policy and Practice, with co-author dr. becky martinez in April 2019. She has also published four book chapters this year and her research was featured in NPR and the Hechinger Report. Dr. Sonja Ardoin is contributing to multiple conferences this academic year with three sessions at SACSA, one at ASHE, three at AFLV, three at ACPA, and five at NASPA. Many of these sessions are collaborations with colleagues. Dr. Sonja Ardoin married her partner, Zeb Jenkins III, on December 28, 2018 in New Orleans. Several members of the FSU LifeNet were in attendance for the festivities. Sonja and Zeb currently live in Dallas, NC and enjoy their work at Appalachian State University and Travelers Insurance, respectively.

WAYNE KING LifeNet Class of 1980 Retired

Hardee Board member Wayne King `80 began "experimenting" with complete retirement December 1, 2018. Wayne enjoyed a 30+ year career at Furman University, retired from there, and then utilized his funeral director's license part-time for six years, The final two of those six years, he also worked part-time at his undergraduate alma mater, Mars Hill University, as Advancement Relations Associate, assisting with a successful fundraising campaign.

JENNIFER R. FARRAN LifeNet Class of 2000

Coordinator, Academic Advising Services University of Central Florida

Graduated from the University of Central Florida with my Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership. My dissertation title was "An Examination of the Insights and Support of Self-Advocacy by Academic Advisors when Working with Students with Disabilities in Higher Education".

SHERYL MCDANIEL GRAY LifeNet Class of 1982 University Registrar Carson-Newman University

Sheryl McDaniel Gray was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Tennessee Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers conference at the 2018 Annual meeting and Conference in Knoxville, TN.

ARTHUR B. HARTZOG, SR. LifeNet Class of 1981 Retired

Dr. Hartzog is pleased to announce the publication of his book "TreeDimensional Leadership". Directly influenced by his studies at FSU (1979-81), his unique approach to leadership is intended for the general public, from high school students, to families, to the upper echelons of business, industry and government. Written in a conversational, easyreading format, the book employs a simple, easy-to-remember model and fascinating information about trees to explain three fundamental dimensions of leadership: Authority, Abilities and Character. The material is illustrated with color photographs, drawings, 3-D images, tables and charts, and is embellished with personal stories, humor, the wisdom of experts, and Biblical references. After completing the book, the reader is guaranteed to remember "everything one needs to know about leadership" by simply viewing (or imagining) the branches, trunks and roots of trees! Print versions are available online from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

ERIK L. COLLINS LifeNet Class of 1966

Professor Emeritus, School of Journalism and Mass Communications University of South Carolina

Prof. Emeritus Erik L. Collins, Ph.D., J.D., has been named the Interim Director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Collins retired from full-time teaching and administration at USC in 2014, but has continued to teach courses in media law and ethics on a regular basis. Dr. Collins earned a master's degree in higher education administration from Florida State University in 1966, a Ph.D. in mass communications from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University in 1972 and a J.D. from the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University School in 1977.

KELLY E. MAXWELL LifeNet Class of 1994

Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education University of Michigan

Dr. Kelly Maxwell was promoted to Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts after 17 years with the Program on Intergroup Relations (the past 10 as its academic director). Kelly is the national board chair of the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center.

JIM CARR LifeNet Class of 1975 Senior Vice President Harding University

Dr. James (Jim) W. Carr MS 1971, PhD 1975 was recently elected to be the Board Chair of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board. This governing board is made up of 12 individuals appointed by the governor.

TAYLOR LOCKS LifeNet Class of 2016

Assistant Director for Residence Life William & Mary

Taylor recently accepted a promotion as the Assistant Director for Residence Life at William & Mary. In the new role, she supervises three full-time professionals, advises RHA, and manages higher level student intervention. Additionally, this past fall Taylor began her Ph.D. in Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership (higher education).

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Faculty

Publications & Announcements

2018-2019

Dr. Brad Cox Refereed Journal Articles Anderson, A., Cox, B. E., Edelstein, J., & Wolz, A. (in press). Support systems for students with autism spectrum disorder during their transition to higher education: A qualitative analysis of online discussions. College Student Affairs Journal.

Roehrig, A. D., Soper, D., Cox, B. E., & Colvin, G. P. (2018). Changing the default to support open access to education research. Educational Researcher, 47(7), 465–473. doi:10.3102/0013189X18782974 Smith, I., Edelstein, J., Cox, B. E., & White, S. (2018). Parental disclosure of ASD diagnosis to the child: A systematic review. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 3(2), 98-105. doi:10.1080/23794925.2018.1435319 Nonrefereed Reports Kimball, E., Vaccaro, A., Cox, B. E., Lee, M., et al. (2018). Making disability visible in higher education research: A draft research agenda for quantitative, qualitative, and theoretical higher education disability scholarship. Spencer Foundation.

Vaccaro, A., Lee, M., Kimball, E., Cox, B. E., et al. (2018). Making disability visible in higher education research: Documenting qualitative, quantitative and theoretical issues and solutions. Spencer Foundation.

Invited Keynote Presentations at Conference Cox, B. E. (presented 2018, November). A Tale of Many Tensions Affecting College (Programs for) Students with ASD. Keynote presentation at College Inclusion Summit, College Autism Network, Burlington Vermont.

(International) Refereed Presentations at Conferences Cox, B. E. (presented 2018, October). Going to college with autism: Facilitating access and success. Presentation at Annual Meeting, Florida Council for Exceptional Children. (State) Cox, B. E. (presented 2018, May). Peer Responses to Autism-Related Behaviors in a Postsecondary Class. Poster presentation at Annual Conference, International Society for Autism Research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

(International) Burdette Williams, L., & Cox, B. E. (presented 2018, February). Autism and the student conduct process: Support begins with understanding. Presentation at Annual Meeting, Association of Student Conduct Administrators.

(National) Cox, B. E. (presented 2018, February). A spectrum of college success: Preparing students with autism for the transition to postsecondary education. Poster presentation at Annual Convention, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Tampa, FL. (National) Grants: 1 wrapped up in 2018, 1 ongoing through 2018 Vaccaro, A., Kimball, E., & Cox, B. E. (2017–2018). Making Disability Visible in Higher Education Research: Addressing Quantitative, Qualitative, and Theoretical Limitations. Funded by Spencer Foundation for Education.

(201800047). Total award $50,000.

Cox, Bradley (PI). (Sep 2016–Aug 2019). Autism-Related Characteristics In College STEM Students: Prevalence, Performance, Persistence, And Mediation. Funded by National Science Foundation. (1612090). Total award $299,710.

Dr. Kathy L. Guthrie Guthrie, K. L., & Jenkins, D. M. (2018). The role of leadership educators: Transforming learning. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Mendizabal, J. C., & Guthrie, K. L. (2018). Critical perspectives in practice: Balancing leadership development, community engagement, and identity work, Concepts and Connections: For Leadership Educators, 22(2), 17-20.

Guthrie, K. L. & Meriwether, J. L. (2018). Leadership development in digital spaces through mentoring, coaching, and advising. New Directions for Student Leadership, 158, 99-110.

Guthrie, K. L., & Chunoo, V. S. (Eds). (2018). Changing the narrative: Socially just leadership education. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Guthrie, K. L., & Rodriguez, J. (2018). Creating Co-Curricular Socially Just Leadership Learning Environments. In K. L. Guthrie & V. S. Chunoo (Eds.), Changing the narrative: Socially just leadership education. (p. 245-258).

Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Guthrie, K. L., & Chunoo, V. S. (2018). Opening up the Conversation: An Introduction to Socially Just Leadership Education. In K. L. Guthrie & V. S. Chunoo (Eds.),Changing the narrative: Socially just leadership education. (p. 18). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Chunoo, V. S., & Guthrie, K. L. (2018). The Imperative for Action: Beyond the Call for Socially Just Leadership Education. In K. L. Guthrie & V. S. Chunoo (Eds.), Changing the narrative: Socially just leadership education. (p.

321-328). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Spencer Jr., D., & Guthrie, K. L. (2019). A Blueprint for Developing Black Male Leader Identity, Capacity, and Efficacy Through Leadership Learning. In J. Butcher, J. O'Connor Jr., & F. Titus (Eds.), Overcoming Challenges and Creating Opportunity for African American Male Students (pp. 18-40). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-15225-5990-0.ch002

Dr. Christine Mokher Publications and Reports Mokher, C.G. & Leeds, D.M. (2018). Can a college readiness intervention impact longer-term college success?

Evidence from Florida's statewide initiative. The Journal of Higher Education. Advance online publication.doi.org/10.1080/00221546.2018.1525986 Mokher, C.G., Rosenbaum, J.E., Gable, A., Ahearn, C., & Jacobson, L. (2018). Ready for what? Confusion around college and career readiness. Phi Delta Kappan, 100(4): 40-43. doi.org/10.1177/0031721718815672 Mokher, C.G., Leeds, D., & Harris J. (2018). Adding it up: How the Florida College and Career Readiness Initiative impacted developmental education. Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 40(2):219-242. doi.org/10.3102/0162373717744891 Mokher, C.G., Cavalluzzo, L., & Henderson, S. (2018). “Examining teacher’s instructional practices as they progress through the National Board Certification process.” In D. Polly, A. Good, T. Petty, & M. Putman (Eds.). Handbook of Research on Professional Development for Quality Teaching and Learning (pp.464-488). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Hu, S., Mokher, C., Spencer, H., Hu, X., Park, T., & Bertrand Jones, T. (2018). Exploring Institutional Change: Administrator’s Perceptions of the Fourth Year of Developmental Education Reform in the Florida College System. Tallahassee, FL: Center for Postsecondary Success. Retrieved from http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A574814 Hu, S., Bertrand Jones, T., Brower, R., Harrison, J., Sermon, J., Daniels, H., Park, T., & Mokher, C. (2018). Meeting the Needs of Students: Site Visit Report of the Fourth Year of Developmental Education Reform in the Florida College System. Tallahassee, FL: Center for Postsecondary Success.

Peer Reviewed & Invited Presentations Mokher, C.G. (2018, October). Privatization of State Policy in Higher Education. Invited presentation at the University of Texas, Austin, TX. Mokher, C.G. (2018, May). The State of Developmental Education Reform in Florida. Panel presentation at the annual Florida College Access Network Summit, Orlando, FL. Mokher, C.G. & Jacobson, L.(2018, April). A Partnership Model Approach to Understanding Challenges in Collaboration around College Readiness? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY. Mokher, C.G. & Leeds, D.(2018, April). Degrees of Success? Mid-Term Impacts of Florida College and Career Readiness Initiative? Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY. Harris, J. & Mokher, C.G. (2018, April). The Florida College and Career Readiness Initiative: Do School-Level Characteristics Predict Policy Success? Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY. Leeds, D. & Mokher, C.G. (2018, March). How Did the Florida College and Career Readiness Initiative Affect High School Course-Taking? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, Portland, OR.

Dr. Lara Perez-Felkner Publications: Nix, S., & Perez-Felkner, L. (2019). Difficulty orientations, gender, and race/ethnicity: An intersectional analysis of pathways to STEM degrees. Social Sciences, 8(2), 1-29. doi: 10.3390/socsci8020043.

Perez-Felkner, L., Gaston Gayles, J. (Eds.) (2019, in press). Advancing Higher Education Research on Undergraduate Women in STEM. New Directions for Institutional Research, vol. 179.

Perez-Felkner, L., Gaston Gayles, J. (2019, in press). Editor’s Notes. New Directions for Institutional Research, vol.

179.

Perez-Felkner, L. (2019, in press). Conceptualizing the field: Higher education research on STEM gender gaps. New Directions for Institutional Research, vol. 179. Šaras, E., Perez-Felkner, L., & Nix, S. (2019, in press). Warming the Chill: Insights for Institutions and Researchers to Keep Women in STEM. New Directions for Institutional Research, vol. 179.

Perez-Felkner, L., Thomas, K., Nix, S., Hopkins, J., & D’Sa, M. (2019, online first). Are 2-Year Colleges the Key? Institutional Variation and the Gender Gap in Undergraduate STEM Degrees. Journal of Higher Education. p. 129. doi: 10.1080/00221546.2018.1486641 Perez-Felkner, L. (2019, online first). Affirmative Action Challenges Keep on Keeping On: Responding to Shifting Federal and State Policy. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603108.2018.1529639 Šaras, E. & Perez-Felkner, L. (2018) Sociological Perspectives on Socialization. Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/obo/9780199756384-0155 Orozco, R. & Perez-Felkner, L. (2018). Ni De Aquí, Ni De Allá: Conceptualizing the Self-Authorship Experience of Gay Latino College Men Using Conocimiento. Journal of Latinos and Education. 17(4), 386394. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2017.1371018 Nix, S., Perez-Felkner, L., & Thomas, K. (2018). Perceived mathematical ability under challenge: A longitudinal perspective on sex segregation among STEM degree fields. In S. Ceci, W. M. Williams, & S. Khan (Eds.), The underrepresentation of women in science: International and cross-disciplinary evidence and debate(pp. 133-151).

Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Media.

Perez-Felkner, L. (2018). The key to fixing the gender gap in math and science: Boost women's confidence. The Conversation.

Perez-Felkner, L. (2018). Harvard case could represent the end of race in college admissions. The Conversation.

Nonrefereed Reports Montalvo, J., & Perez-Felkner, L. (2018). Report Brief: Stoicism, Striving, and Quiet Challenges Among Graduate Student Veterans. Tallahassee, FL: Higher Education Persistence Pathways Lab. Perez-Felkner, L., Rahming, S., & Dellafiora, T. (2018). Hungry to Learn: A Preliminary Assessment of FSU's Food for Thought Pantry. Tallahassee, FL: Higher Education Persistence Pathways Lab. Perez-Felkner, L., Rahming, S., Dellafiora, T., & Montalvo, J. (2018). Who Stays, Who Goes, How Can We Tell Their Stories? A Research-Practitioner Partnership of Student Withdrawal. Tallahassee, FL: Higher Education Persistence Pathways Lab.

Dr. Lara Perez-Felkner Refereed Papers at Conferences Hampton, A., & Perez-Felkner, L. (presented 2018). Getting what they came for? Non-traditional students' degree attainment. Paper presented at Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA. (National) Perez-Felkner, L., & Orozco, R. (presented 2018). Ni de aquí, ni de allá: Conceptualizing the self-authorship experience of gay Latino college men using conocimiento. Paper presented at Annual Meeting, Dalton Institute, Tallahassee, FL. (National) Perez-Felkner, L., & Rahming, S. G. (presented 2018). HBCUs Are a Different World: Black Women in an Undergraduate Engineering Intervention. Paper presented at Annual Meeting, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Tampa, FL. (National) Perez-Felkner, L., Schneider, B., Milesi, C., & Brown, K. (presented 2018). How do ability beliefs and collegiate experiences affect computer science achievement among undergraduate women and men? Paper presented at 4th Biennial Conference, Network Gender & STEM, Eugene, OR. (International) Rahming, S., & Perez-Felkner, L. (presented 2018). Not material: The importance of hands-on learning among black women and men engineering students. Paper presented at 4th Annual Biennial Conference, Gender & STEM Network, Eugene, OR. (Internationa) Perez-Felkner, L., Dobiyanski, V., Acosta, A., & White, J. (presented 2018). Who stays, who goes, how can we tell their stories? A research-practitioner partnership on needs insecurity and student withdrawal. Presentation at Annual Conference, Dalton Institute, Tallahassee, FL. (National) Contracts and Grants Funded Perez-Felkner, Lara Christina (PI). (Oct 2018–Sep 2019). Education for Life. Funded by Temple University/ECMC Foundation. (264132-FSU). Total award $82,703.

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