UGA COE College Student Affairs Administration eNewsletter

Spring 2013e N e w s l e t t e r

College StudentAffairs Administration

Welcome!Summer and fall semesters were busy for the College Student Affairs Administration (CSAA) program! This summer, everyone in the department was consolidated into Aderhold Hall from the three different buildings where we had been housed. This meant moving lots of furniture and equipment in Aderhold for many months as people moved from one area of the building to another.

Our new College of Education dean, Craig H. Kennedy, professor of communication sciences and special education, joined the college on January 1. He previously served as senior associate dean and professor of special education and pediatrics at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University.

Kennedy’s research focuses on aggression and self-injury in people with autism, as well as social relationship development and inclusive education for students with autism and related disabilities.

Due to the departure of Dr. Michelle Espino, the CSAA program is in search of someone to fi ll the available faculty position in the program.

Finally, Dr. Diane Cooper agreed to serve as the head of the Counseling and Human Development Services department.

In the midst of these changes, wonderful and exciting things are happening in the CSAA program and with our alumni. Please fi nd information about these happenings in the information below. As always, if you have updates or information you would like to share with CSAA or with your fellow alumni, please post on the “University of Georgia SPHE and CSAA Alumni” Facebook page and/or email the information to [email protected] the next eNewsletter.

What’s inside:Miller/WinstonUGASPA Event .....................2

Recent M.Ed. Graduates ......2

Faculty Publications .............3

Faculty Announcements .......3

UGASPA —Greetings, Alumni! ................4

Alumni Updates ....................6

New Ph.D. Graduate Bios ....7

Research Teams ...................8

Meet the Incoming M.Ed. & Ph.D. CohortsIf you would like to meet the Class of 2014, you can see their pictures and read their profi les on the CSAA M.Ed. webpage.

http://bit.ly/csaa-med-2014

You can also check out the 2012-13 cohort of Ph.D. studentson the CSAA Ph.D. webpage.

http://bit.ly/csaa-phd-2012-13

KudosThe Association of Fraternity and Sorority

Advisors (AFA) released a “Student

Development Theory Resource Guide,”

and three members of the CSAA

community are contributors: Julie

Bryant, Darren Pierre, and Justin Pohl.

Congratulations on this publication and

for serving student affairs and the UGA

College Student Affairs Administration

so expertly!

To see the guide, please see:

http://bit.ly/advisors-guide

CSAA has a Facebook page!

This page serves as another

forum for CSAA graduates,

current students, and

prospective students to

connect. Please visit and

“Like” the page to stay abreast of

current CSAA events. The page can be

accessed by selecting the following link:

http://bit.ly/csaa-alumni or by searching

“University of Georgia SPHE and CSAA

Alumni.”

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Miller/Winston UGASPA EventLast spring, the UGA Student Personnel Association (UGASPA) hosted Dr. Ted Miller and Dr. Roger Winston for a conversation with UGASPA members and other members of the campus community for a conversation about student affairs. The discussion lasted for over an hour and covered topics like the professionalism of student affairs, seminal moments in their distinguished careers, memories of the formation of the CSAA program, and continuing the spirit of innovation in higher education. Drs. Miller and Winston left everyone with wisdom for careers in student affairs and higher education. UGASPA plans to continue hosting similar conversations with student affairs leaders in the future. For more information about UGASPA events, please contact Alex Lange, Professional Development Chair for UGASPA, at [email protected].

Recent M.Ed. GraduatesWe are happy to announce that 100 percent of the Class of 2012 is employed! The list below includes the names of the graduates and where they are working.

Name EmploymentBeth Andre UT-Austin: Academic

AdvisingChaney Austin Teach for AmericaLesley Bonds Scripps College: Career

ServicesJulie Bryant University of Montana:

Fraternity and Sorority LifeSuzanne DeLaney Bridgewater College:

Residence LifeKatie Durham Kappa Delta: Chapter

ServicesAnika Fisher Georgia Tech: Residence

LifeBrian Golden University of Maryland:

Fraternity and Sorority LifeJordan Holliday Georgia Tech: Sophomore

ProgramsLiz Jimenez Georgia State: Latino

Student ServicesAlex Kappus UT Austin: OrientationLaura Laughlin Virginia Tech: Fraternity

and Sorority LifeColette McFalls University of Houston:

Residence LifeMandy Morgan Savannah College of Art and

Design: Residence LifeLevi Shanks UC-Berkeley: Residence

LifeTiffany (Skandier) Idol University of North

Carolina-Wilmington: Residence Life

Deidra Smith Georgia Tech: Alumni Affairs

Maggie Szeman College of Charleston: Civic Engagement

Ambra Yarbrough Emory: Residence Life

If you are a CSAA alumna/us who has recently changed jobs, please let us know so we can share the good news!

Email your information to [email protected].

From left: Dr. Merrily Dunn,

Dr. Roger Winston, Dr. Ted Miller, Dr. Laura Dean

If you would like to view the talk, you can do so by visiting

http://youtu.be/jges_JdwSEQ

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Faculty PublicationsDr. CooperLiddell, D., & Cooper, D. L. (in press). Facilitating the moral

growth of college students in higher education. New Directions for Student Services. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Dr. DeanJournal articles:Shutt, M. D., Garrett, J. M., Lynch, J. W., & Dean, L. A. (2012).

An assessment model as best practice in student affairs. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 49(1), 1-16. doi:10.2202/1949-6605.6227

Dean, L. A., Thompson, G. F., Saunders, S. A., & Cooper, D. L. (2011). Effi cacy of orientation for new student affairs professionals. College Student Affairs Journal, 29(2), 137-149.

Dean, L. A. (2011). What does “excellence” look like?: Program evaluation and outcomes assessment in college counseling. Retrieved from http://counselingoutfi tters.com/vistas/vistas11/Article_14.pdf

Chapters in books:Dean, L. A. (2012). Introduction, Context. CAS professional

standards for higher education (8th ed.). Washington, DC: Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education.

Dean, L. A., & Grandpré, E. A. (2011). Religious and spiritual diversity on campus. In M. Howard-Hamilton, M. Cuyjet, & D. L. Cooper (Eds.), Multiculturalism on campus: Theory, models, and practices for understanding diversity and creating inclusion (ch. 16). Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Manuscripts under review:Dunn, M. S., & Dean, L. A. (under review). Living-learning

communities: Historical context, theoretical foundations, and assessment of outcomes. Schole: The Journal of Park and Leisure Studies Education.

In progress:Dean, L. A. (in press). Using the CAS standards in assessment

projects. In J. Schuh (Ed.), Selected topics in contemporary student affairs assessment (ch. 4). New Directions in Student Services. Wiley Periodicals.

Dr. DunnPublished:Dunn, M. S. (2011). Men and women college students. In M.

J. Cuyjet, M. F. Howard-Hamilton & D. L. Cooper (Eds.), Multiculturalism on campus: Theory, models, and practices for understanding diversity and creating inclusion (pp. 265-290). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

In press:Dunn, M. S. & Hart-Steffes, J. (in press). Sustainability as moral

action. In D. Liddell & D. L. Cooper (Eds.), Facilitating the moral growth of college students in higher education. New Directions for Student Services. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

In progress:Dunn, M.S. (in progress). What one professor learned on the

way to the election: Politics, civic engagement and social justice.

Dunn, M. S., & Dean, L. A. (in progress). Living-learning communities: Historical context, theoretical foundations and assessment of outcomes.

Dunn, M. S., Glassman, D., & Correll-Hughes, L. (in progress). Collaborative assessment: Measuring moral reasoning of the civically engaged student.

Dunn, M. S., Glassman, D., Jones, G., Pierre, D., Garrett, J. M., Badaszewski, P., & Fresk, K. (in progress). Faith development of gay college men.

Dunn, M. S., Tobias, N., Laird, N., & Dean, S. R. (in progress). Housing distress: A new reality of higher education.

Glassman, D., Dunn, M. S., & Espino, M. E. (in progress). Infl uence of alternative break program participation on college students’ development of moral reasoning.

Sargent, S. R., & Dunn, M. S. (in progress). A brief history of the resident assistant.

Sargent, S. R., & Dunn, M. S. (in progress). Residential students’ perceptions of the role of the resident assistant.

Sperling, L. & Dunn, M. S. (in progress). Graduate student identity development: SACSA’s role in professional development.

Sperling, L. & Dunn, M. S. (in progress). Moving into graduate preparation programs as articulated through Schlossberg’s transition theory.

Sperling, L., & Dunn, M. S. (in progress). Revisiting transitions: A longitudinal study of college student affairs graduate students.

Dr. MullendoreGulley, N. Y. & Mullendore, R. H. (in process). Student affairs

and academic affairs collaborations in the community college setting. Community College Journal of Research and Practice. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis.

Fresk, K. L. & Mullendore, R. H. (October, 2012). Connecting campus employment, involvement, and alumni affi nity. Recreational Sports Journal. Corvallis, OR: NIRSA.

Mullendore, R. H. (2012). Keep your sense of humor: Advice for parents. Housing Bulldog Families. Department of Housing, University of Georgia.

Faculty AnnouncementsDr. Michelle Espino has left UGA to pursue a position as an assistant professor in the department of counseling and personnel services at the University of Maryland. We wish her well!


UGASPA — Greetings, Alumni!We are thrilled to update you on the happenings of the University of Georgia Student Personnel Association. We can assure you that the organization has grown since you last interacted with us. We continue to serve our members with professional development and community outreach opportunities.

During spring semester, under the strong leadership of the Executive Council, a decision was made to set dues at $0 for the fall of 2012. This has several implications for membership. First, every CSAA master’s and doctoral student is automatically a UGASPA member. Second, membership is open to all students interested in student personnel, regardless of ability to pay membership fees each year. Finally, programming will be “pay-as-you-go” to cover any associated costs, which may provide further options and fi nancial freedom to members. Thus far, the $0 membership dues have been very successful in programming and outreach within the organization.

Throughout the spring and summer, we dedicated much time and energy to redefi ning our commitment to service and philanthropy, in both the UGA and Athens communities. Alex Kappus, the UGASPA President through December 2011, has also worked dutifully to develop a new SACSA Graduate Student Initiative for the annual conference. We are pleased to provide continued support to this initiative.

This fall, the UGASPA Social Chair, Chrissy Daniel, coordinated a week of welcome series of events. The purpose of the extended welcome was to acquaint incoming graduate students in the CSAA program with the Athens area and with the current students in the program. Examples of events were meeting for frozen yogurt, exploring Ramsey Student Center, a pool party, dining at local Athens favorites, and a huge program showing for a Terrapin social culmination event. Students and faculty alike expressed interest and gratitude for the events and how they assisted in the transition and acclimation of new students!

Looking forward, we are anxious to continue hosting our fall football tailgates, an administrative dinner, and a holiday social before the end of the semester. In the spring, UGASPA will again host the annual end-of-the-year banquet to celebrate the many accomplishments of the outgoing CSAA cohorts.

We welcome the opportunity to support student affairs initiatives beyond the UGA community and look forward to communicating with you regarding your current experiences in the fi eld. Please do not hesitate to email us at [email protected] with any updates or requests for organizational support. Thank you for your continued interest in UGASPA. Keep making CSAA and Georgia proud. Go Dawgs!

From left:

Jaclyn Kuwik, Tim Martin, Chelsea Truesdell,

Zack Judy, Paula Zwillich

From left:

Chase Harvey, Paula Zwillich,

Elizabeth Manuel, Michael Toney

UGASPA Banquet:Bulldog Buddies (BDBs) of the Year

From left:

Jordan Holliday, Chrissy Daniel, Beth Andre, Ryan Hill

Week of Welcome Pool Party


UGASPA awarded several students with annual awards during the end-of-year banquet.

Theodore K. Miller Outstanding Master’s Student Award

Each year, the CSAA M.Ed. second-year class selects a graduating cohort member to receive the Theodore K. Miller Outstanding Master’s Student Award. Dr. Miller founded the CSAA program in 1967. The award honors his legacy of scholarship, integrity, professionalism, and sustained contribution. The recipient of the Miller Award personifi es excellence and professionalism as a master’s student. This person has consistently demonstrated the following throughout the CSAA experience:

• Dedication to learning• Exceptional working relationships with colleagues• Exemplary professional standards, conduct, and integrity• Engagement in the CSAA experience and the cohort

Awarded to: Ambra Yarbrough

Award for Highest Score on Comprehensive Exams: Leslie Bonds

Winston Research Awards: Christa Porter, Jen Wells

Roger B. Winston, Jr., Outstanding Doctoral Student

The recipient of this award is a doctoral student who graduated between August 2011 and May 2012. The recipient personifi es excellence and professionalism as a doctoral student. This person has shown a dedication to learning and scholarship, worked exceptionally well with colleagues, and exemplifi ed professional conduct and standards.

Awarded to: Dallin George Young

UGASPA Banquet: 2012 Executive Board

Back row (from left):

Jordan Hannah, Elizabeth Manuel, Paula Zwillich, Chrissy

Daniel, Elizabeth Pittard, Nikki Laird, Michael Toney

Front Row (from left):

Dr. Michelle Espino, Nikki Tobias, Chelsea Burghoff,

Alex Kappus, Phil Badaszewski

Having fun with Dr. Dunn at theannual UGASPA Banquet!

From left:

Phil Badaszewski, Dr. Merrily Dunn, Nikki Laird


Alumni UpdatesBill Faulkner (M.Ed. ’88, Ph.D. ’97) is currently serving as the Assistant Dean of Student Development at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He oversees several student affairs operations in the division and serves as instructor in NSU’s CSA program teaching student development theory. He enjoys the unique NSU environment and working with undergraduates, graduate students, and adult learners at the branch campuses. Bill would be happy to hear from fellow alums ([email protected]).

Following graduation from the CSAA program in 2001, Alison (Ream) Griffi n moved to Washington, DC, where she served as the higher education policy adviser to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce from 2001-2005. She was responsible for crafting national higher education policy on behalf of Chairman John Boehner and was instrumental in preparing the Congress for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Following her tenure on Capitol Hill, she worked for two lobbying fi rms and represented higher-education clients including Lumina Foundation for Education, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and multiple higher-education institutions and organizations from 2006-2010.

In 2011, Alison and her husband relocated their family to the suburbs of Denver, CO, where she is the principal at Miles Above Strategies, a government relations and public policy fi rm which focuses on higher education policy issues. Alison is also a co-founder of Radio Higher Ed, a free podcast series dedicated to bringing credible, current, and relevant information to the public and policymakers. Alison serves on the Board of Directors for Delta Delta Delta International Fraternity, the Board of Advisers for the Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University, the Board of Directors for the Colorado Scholarship Coalition, and the Board of Trustees for Rocky Vista University in Parker, CO. Alison married Paul Griffi n in 2004, and they have two sons, Nicholas (4) and Benjamin (2). Alison can be reached at [email protected].

Onie McKenzie (M.Ed., Counseling and Student Personnel, ’82) has been promoted to Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs for Assessment and Professional Development at Longwood University in Virginia. Onie will provide leadership and oversight to the areas of planning, outcomes assessment, and professional development, supervise the areas of Diversity and Inclusion and Student Engagement, and continue her involvement with the SACS Steering Committee, the Academic Affairs/Student Affairs Collaboration Team, and Advisory Council on Assessment. Onie fi rst joined the Student Affairs staff in 1992 and later served as Director of Assessment for Academic Affairs at Longwood from 1995-97 and as a consultant and ultimately

as Director of Outcomes Assessment at Hampden-Sydney College from 1997-2000. In 2008, Onie returned to Longwood as Assistant and subsequently, Associate Dean for Student Affairs. Onie and her husband, Dr. Ray Brastow, Longwood Professor of Economics, have lived in Farmville for 19 years and raised two children. Tennant, 23, is a staff member with Campus Outreach Ministries at Davidson College in North Carolina, and Kenzie, 19, is a rising sophomore also at Davidson.

OiYan Poon: I am a CSAA (M.Ed.) graduate from 2001. After working as the fi rst director for Asian American Student Affairs at George Mason University (2001-2002) and the fi rst Student Affairs Offi cer in Asian American Studies at UC Davis (2002-2005), I earned my Ph.D. in Education at UCLA with a graduate certifi cate in Asian American Studies in 2010. My dissertation is entitled: More Complicated than a Numbers Game: A Critical Race Theory Examination of Campus Racial Climate and Asian Americans.

I am currently fi nishing a postdoctoral fellowship at the UCLA Institute for American Cultures. Through this fellowship, I’ve been able to work on a youth participatory action research study that examines the impacts of post-Katrina K-12 reforms on college access for low-income Vietnamese-American and African-American students in New Orleans.

This fall, I will be starting a position as a tenure-track assistant professor in the Higher Education program at the Loyola University Chicago School of Education. I’ll be teaching The Student Affairs Profession, Organization & Governance in Higher Education, and a seminar on Critical Race Theory in Education.

Ron Schoeffl er (Ed.D. ’79) has served in the fi eld of aging for more than 30 years. Active in numerous local, state, and national organizations, he has served as the president of the Georgia Gerontology Society, president of the Georgia Association of Democratic County Chairs, Executive Committee member of the Democratic Party of Georgia, and chair of the Augusta-Richmond County Democratic Committee. He was an At-Large Delegate to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging and an Alternate Delegate in 1995.

Ron has been active with the National Council on Aging (NCOA) since 1980. He served as the chair of the NCOA Board of Directors from 2005-2008 (served on the board from 1998-2000 and from 2001 to present) and as chair of the National Institute of Senior Centers (NISC) from 1998-2000. He was recognized with NCOA’s Geneva Mathiasen Award in 2011, the NISC Founders’ Award in 2002, the Outstanding Professional Fund Raiser Award by the Greater Augusta Chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives (now the Association of Fundraising Professionals) in 1996, and the Louis Newmark Award by the Georgia Gerontology Society in 1994.


Ron “retired” in 2007 after serving 20 years as executive director of the Senior Citizens Council of Greater Augusta and the CSRA, Georgia, Inc., and relocated to his family home near Amsterdam, New York. He had served previously as the assistant executive director of the Athens Community Council on Aging (1980-1981) and as its executive director from 1981-1986. Ron was elected in June 2010 to serve a three-year term on the New York State Coalition for the Aging Board of Directors and was elected in June 2011 as the coalition’s fi rst-vice president.

New Ph.D. Graduate BiosT.W. Cauthen

• Current Title & Institution: Assistant Dean of Students for Student Life at the University of Georgia

• Title of Dissertation: Intersections of Psychosocial Identity Development and Socially Responsible Leadership: Developing Socially Responsible Leaders in Academic Settings

• Email: [email protected]

Larry R. Correll-Hughes• Current Title & Institution: Assistant Director of

Assignments for Residence Life and Housing at Wake Forest University

• Title of Dissertation: Understanding the Beliefs, Skills, and Behaviors of Practitioners and Professionals Working in Student Affairs: Are They Educators, Leaders, and/or Managers?


Kara Fresk• Current Title & Institution: Assistant Director in

the Offi ce of Student Conduct at the University of Georgia

• Title of Dissertation: Development and Fundraising Practices in Divisions of Student Affairs at Private Institutions


Danny Glassmann• Current Title & Institution: Director of Residence Life

at Oglethorpe University• Title of Dissertation: Queer(ing) Spaces: Physical and

Virtual Safe Spaces for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual College Students


Yancey Gulley• Current Title & Institution: Director of Student

Activities at Athens Technical College • Title of Dissertation: When Opposites Attract: The

Nature of Collaboration Between Academic and Student Affairs in Community College Settings


Marian Higgins• Current Title & Institution: Associate Director

of Diversity Programs and Career Consultant for the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia

• Title of Dissertation: Creating a Space for the Unknown: The Career Development Process of Black Women Attending a Southern Predominately White Women’s College


Leigh Poole• Current Title & Institution: Associate Director of

Student Life for International Student Life at the University of Georgia

• Title of Dissertation: The Internationalization of U.S. Higher Education: Perceptions from International Educators and Senior International Offi cers


Lisa Sperling• Current Title & Institution: MPA Recruitment and

MPA Career Services Coordinator at the University of Georgia

• Title of Dissertation: Examining the Transition Process of Students Entering a Master’s Program in Student Affairs: A Phenomenological Study


Mark Whitesel• Current Title & Institution: Senior Coordinator for

Staff Development in the Department of University Housing at the University of Georgia

• Title of Dissertation: Residence Life Staff Attitudes Toward Student-Athlete Race and Status


Dallin George Young• Current Title & Institution: Assistant Director for

Research, Grants, and Assessment at The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition (NRC)

• Title of Dissertation: Measuring Reported Learning from Supervised Practice Experiences of Graduates of Master’s Programs in Student Affairs: The CAS Supervised Practice Study


Jonathon Zerulik• Current Title & Institution: Associate Director of

Student Conduct at Emory University • Title of Dissertation: Examining the Relationship

Between Learning in the College Disciplinary Process, Locus of Control, and Readiness to Change



Research TeamsDr. Laura Dean’s research team is conducting a series of studies to determine the effects of using CAS for assessment in various functional areas. Partnering with professional associations, the team distributes a questionnaire to the membership to collect data about assessment practices, the use of CAS, and changes made based on assessment results. Current projects include:

• Recreational sports: data analyzed; manuscript being written for submission• Student activities: data analyzed; manuscript being written for submission• Housing and residence life: data collected & being analyzed, manuscript in process• Multicultural programs: questionnaire being fi nalized for distribution

Future projects have been identifi ed. When multiple studies have been completed, the team will look at results across functional areas to explore patterns related to assessment practices.

Dr. Merrily Dunn is supervising two different research teams, one on gay men and faith development and the other about housing distressed students.

The gay men and faith development research team presented at College Student Educators International (ACPA) with great attendance. The conversations from the ACPA sessions led to more questions, and the team is hoping to re-interview the participants asking, “How did coming out affect your faith development?” The team is currently working on a manuscript.

The housing distressed student research team also presented at ACPA and had great attendance. The presentation included information about the IRB process and the challenge of fi nding information about this topic. The team has completed and transcribed interviews and plans to complete additional interviews in the future. The team will be moving to analyze the transcripts and to work on a manuscript. Dr. Dunn has also submitted a grant proposal for summer funding to do similar research at other institutions in the state.

Dr. Richard Mullendore’s research team is focusing on parental involvement utilizing the Student Development Task and Lifestyle Assessment (SDTLA). Currently, the team is interpreting results from SDTLA and presented their fi ndings at NASPA. The fi ndings were also included in an Inside Higher Education story on March 28, 2012. There was a previous article in Inside Higher Education on April 10, 2010, about students’ racial awareness and understanding decreasing according to their fi ndings.

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