Keynote Presenters and Panel

Featured Speakers

• Deborah A. Santiago (Provocateur), Chief Operating Officer and Vice President for Policy, Excelencia in Education
• Andrea Beach, Professor of Educational Leadership in Higher Education and Co-Director, WMU Center for Research on Institutional Change in Postsecondary Education (CRICPE)
• J. Patrick Biddix, Associate Professor of Higher Education, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Stephen P. Hundley, Senior Advisor to the Chancellor, Professor of Organizational Leadership, and Executive Editor of Assessment Update, IUPUI
• Tia Brown McNair, Vice President, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
• Jillian L. Kinzie (Moderator), Senior Scholar at NILOA and Associate Director of Indiana University's Center for Postsecondary Research and NSSE Institute

Track Keynotes

• Community Engagement – Mathew Johnson, Associate Dean of the College for Engaged Scholarship, Director, Howard R. Swearer Center for Public Service, and Professor of Practice Sociology, Brown University
• ePortfolios – Kathleen Blake Yancey, Kellogg W. Hunt Professor of English and Distinguished Research Professor, Florida State University
• High Impact Practices – Tia Brown McNair, Vice President, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
• Faculty Development – Andrea Beach, Professor of Educational Leadership in Higher Education and Co-Director, WMU Center for Research on Institutional Change in Postsecondary Education (CRICPE)
• Global Learning – Madeleine F. Green, Senior Fellow, International Association of Universitites and NAFSA: The Association of International Educators
• Graduate Education – Lori Shaw, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Lawyering Skills, University of Dayton
• NILOA – Natasha Jankowski, Director, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) and Research Assistant Professor, Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership (EPOL), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• STEM Education - Ann E. Austin, Associate Dean for Research, Department of Educational Administration, University of Michigan
• Student Affairs Programs and Services – J. Patrick Biddix, Associate Professor of Higher Education, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville