Looking Ahead at Policy and Research in Student Affairs & Higher Education
SA Voices From the Field
English - April 01, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutes - 44.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsCourses Education Business Careers university college highereducation studentaffairs Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today on SA Voices from the Field we are talking with Dr. Amelia Parnell, Vice President for Research and Policy with NASPA as we look at the future of policy and research in student affairs and higher education.
Amelia Parnell is vice president for research and policy at NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, where she leads many of the Association’s scholarly and advocacy-focused activities. Amelia writes and speaks frequently about topics related to student affairs, college affordability, student learning outcomes, and institutions’ use of data and analytics. Amelia’s policy and practitioner experiences include prior roles in association management, legislative policy analysis, internal audit, and TRIO programs. Her research portfolio includes studies of leadership in higher education, with a focus on college presidents and vice presidents. She is the author of the forthcoming book, You Are a Data Person: Strategies for Using Analytics on Campus and a co-editor of the book, The Analytics Revolution in Higher Education: Big Data, Organizational Learning, and Student Success.
Amelia currently serves on the board of directors for EDUCAUSE and is an advisor to several other higher education organizations. She holds a Ph.D. in higher education from Florida State University and masters and bachelor’s degrees in business administration from Florida A & M University.
Dr. Parnell recommended the following books as her essential student affairs reads:
Square Pegs and Round Holes: Alternative Approaches to Diverse College Student Development Theory
The Analytics Revolution in Higher Education: Big Data, Organizational Learning, and Student Success
You can also review some of the reports that Dr. Amelia Parnell has worked on in her role at NASPA on the NASPA website.
If you want to reach out to Dr. Parnell she can be reached at: [email protected]
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