HESA Highlights

September 2024

HESA Doctoral Candidate receives ACPA Grant

HESA Ph.D. Candidate Olivia Copeland was selected for a nearly $1,200 grant from ACPA's Coalition of Sexual and Gender Identities to help fund their dissertation.This funding will go toward their study titled "A Digital Ethnography of Body Norms, Self-Expression, and Online Dating in LGBTQ+ Undergraduates."

Dr. Lance Vanderberg named Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate

Dr. Lance Vanderberg (Ph.D. '24) was named an Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition and Penguin Random House Publishing. Advocates will be honored at the 44th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience held in New Orleans, LA. Lance works as the Assistant Director of the Academic Enrichment Center & Coordinator of Academic Success at Taylor University.

HESA Doctoral Candidate receives Diversity Fellowship

HESA doctoral candidate Stephanie Nguyen received the Indiana University Graduate School President's Diversity Fellowship for the 2024-25 academic year. Her dissertation focuses on the history of Asian American Studies in the Midwest, which combines her research interests in the history of higher education, race, and organizational theory.

Dr. George D. Kuh recognized as Best Scientists

Indiana University Chancellor's Professor of Higher Education Emeritus Dr. George D. Kuh was ranked #175 among the Best Scientists in the world for 2024 in the Social Sciences and Humanities field by Research.com. He was the highest-ranked faculty member from Indiana University.

HESA Doctoral Candidate named Institute of International Education Intern and receives Grant

HESA Doctoral Candidate Grace Sims was selected as a 2024 Thomas S. Johnson Intern at the Institute of International Education. Sims worked with IIE's Center for Access and Equity and led research projects to support Black male, Indigenous, and TRIO students in international education. In addition to her internship, Sims is a co-recipient of the 2024 Indiana University Foundation’s Affinity Giving Program grant cycle alongside her Jane Jorgensen DEI Internship supervisor OPVDEI Overseas Studies Director Ochmaa Escue. The Black Philanthropy Circle and additional donors funded Sims and Escue's initiative, The TRAIL-B.L.A.Z.E.R.S. Project. The project will enhance the study abroad experiences for first-time Black study abroad participant students at IUB by equipping them with the necessary travel resources and reducing financial barriers.

Publications and Presentations

Bacigalupa Albaum, A. (2024, September). Higher Education Mission Statement Alignment with National Policy in El Salvador: A Comparative Case Study [Presentation]. Comparative and International Education Society Midwest Regional Conference, Online.

Cole, J., Keller, P., Kinzie, J., & Kuh, G. (2024). Exploring the peer tutor experiential learning process. Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 7(1).

Copeland, O. M. (2024). Interrogating the incel-o-sphere: The state of the subaltern counterpublic sphere in the digital age of extremism. International Journal of Cultural Studies. Advanced online publication.

Green, P., Kolb, A., Kolb, D., & Kuh, G. (2024). Defining experiential education: The field’s seminal thinkers take stock and look ahead. Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 7(1).

LePeau, L. A., Yi, V., & Chang, T. H. (2024). Leveraging Power: A Multiple Embedded Case Study of Institutional Change Efforts for Racial Equity at Four Private Universities. The Journal of Higher Education, 1-27.

Lofton, C. E. (2024) "When Everyone Is Blamed, Are All Responsible? Defining the Legal Relationship Between North American Interfraternity Conference Fraternities/National Panhellenic Conference Sororities and Universities in Harassment Cases," Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice, Vol. 19: Iss. 1, Article 2.

Sims, G. (2024, May). The MVP: Incorporating Doctoral Students in Undergraduate Study Abroad Programs. [Presentation]. NAFSA: Association of International Educators Annual Conference and Expo, New Orleans, LA.

Smith, T.N., & Ann Kilgo, C. (2024). Racialized Research Experiences: Cognitive and Work-Related Skills. Journal of College Student Development 65(3), 326-330.

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