Higher Education Administration Doctoral Program
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
The George Washington University
Virginia Campus
Student Professional Progress
Karen Akerso Presided over the 22nd Commencement of Virginia Tech's Northern Virginia Center where over 400 MA, MS, Ph.D. and Ed.D degrees were awarded.
Marcia Bachman
o Published article in November-December 2001 issue of "The Clause," a quarterly publication of the Boards of Contract Appeals Bar Association, titled "Avoiding Contractor Combat Activities" dealing with the issue of preventing violations of international law when contractors support military operations during war or other contingencies.
o Selected panel members and chaired panel on "Contractors in the Battlefield" at annual Air Force Acquisition Law Seminar, January 2002.
Douglas Carroll
o Appointed unaffiliated, non-scientist member of Institutional Review Board at the Naval Medical Research Center, in Silver Spring, MD. Participate at Review Board meetings and offer consultation especially about consent forms used for non-medical participants (human subjects) in international medical research.
Nick Cline
o Grant documentation for research on Distance Meetings for Professors and Students submitted to Northern Virginia Community College and accepted for consideration.
o Started educational consulting business with two other Cohort # 2 members.
o Submitted presentation abstract documentation at the 2001 SALT Conference in Washington DC.
o Assisted minority-owned small business with its business and marketing plans in order to obtain SBA funds.
o Authored two articles for a non-profit association's newsletter.
William Comey
o Elected chairman of the board of MarylandOnline, the State of Maryland's virtual university consortium.
Chaired the Maryland Vice Presidents and Deans of Students' 2001 Best Practices Showcase, a conference highlighting innovative student services programs and initiatives.
o Hosted and facilitated statewide executive e-Learning seminar sponsored by MarylandOnine and Eduprise.
Susan Crosby
o Promoted to Associate Professor, Blue Ridge Community College, Center for Training and Development
o Honored for "exemplary leadership of a model business/education partnership" by the Waynesboro, Virginia Plant of E.I. DuPont deNemours & Co.
o Presented at the National Council on Continuing Education and Training Annual Conference on the topic BR Community College and DuPont: Five Years of Growth and Change (detailing characteristics of this successful partnership).
o Received Best Practices Award by the American Council on Education (ACE) as part of their Business-Higher Education Forum’s Case Studies of College Industry Partnerships.
Joseph Doyle
o Completed EdD in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University.
o Co-founded The Center for Collaborative Initiatives, LLC, which fosters collaboration among business, education and government stakeholders.
o Assisted National Alliance of Business (NAB) in moderating the 31st Annual Conference on Workforce Development and Education Reform.
o Conducted national study involving hundreds of business elites across U. S. This mixed-method research identified effective characteristics of collaboration between American higher education and business from a business perspective.
o Co-authored article "Collaborate, Collaborative Collaboration: Not Just Talking the Talk but Walking the Walk" [about the Higher Education Administration Doctoral Program] published in GSEHD's newsletter.
Amy Schabacker Dufrane
o Completed EdD in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University.
o Co-founded The Center for Collaborative Initiatives, LLC, which fosters collaboration among business, education and government stakeholders.
o Assisted National Alliance of Business (NAB) in moderating the 31st Annual Conference on Workforce Development and Education Reform.
o Conducted national study involving hundreds of business elites across U. S. This mixed-method research identified effective characteristics of collaboration between American higher education and business from a business perspective.
o Co-authored article "Collaborate, Collaborative Collaboration: Not Just Talking the Talk but Walking the Walk" [about the Higher Education Administration Doctoral Program] published in GSEHD's newsletter.
Kimberly Ellis
o Membership Vice President, Fairfax City Branch, American Association for University Women.
Ray Francis
o Recently hired by U.S. Alliance Group as Vice President, Operations.
o Retired from Army as Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Medical Service Corps.
Susan Golabek
o Completed EdD in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University.
o Promoted to Assistant Vice President, Human Resources Employment Services, First Virginia Bank.
o Highlighted on 7 News with Horace Holmes as coordinator of "Teach Kids to Save Day", representing American Bankers Association and First Virginia Banks for Fairfax County Schools.
o Invited Speaker at VFIC (Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges) Annual Conference in Williamsburg, VA. Speech: Interaction of Business and Education in Developing the Technology Exam (Tek.Xam).
o Invited Speaker at "Ceremonies" for technology workshop headed by Mark Warner.
o Speaker at First Virginia Bank’s Annual Management Conference. Speech: Career Pathing, Education and Training the Workforce.
o Highlighted in First Virginian Newsletter, September, 1999.
o Awarded "Employer of the Year" for selecting and hiring individuals with disabilities, Fairfax Opportunities Unlimited (Fairfax County).
o Received the Chairman Award for developing and implementing strategic recruiting efforts/programs.
o Elected Vice-Council Member of the National Capital Regional Alumni Association, University of South Florida.
o Comments & Quotes:
o USA TODAY. Topic: Tek.Xam
o Magazine for Society of Human Resource Management. Topic: Recruiting and Training
o Technology Newsletter. Topic: Selecting Qualified Technology Employees
o Business Week. Topic: Use of Technology in Recruiting
James Gordon
o Director, Second Year Studies, United States Army War College.
o Member of Curriculum Committee, U. S. Army War College.
o Spoke at graduation ceremony for Armor Officer's Basic Course at Ft. Knox Kentucky.
o Selected for tenure at the United States Army War College.
Kristi Hawkins
o Completed EdD in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University.
John Hnatio
o Authored chapter in The Anatomy of Russian Defense Conversion titled The New World Order: Defense Conversion in Russia is Still a Global Imperative.
Betty Holland
o Presentation Proposal accepted, Advancing Women in Higher Education 2000 National Conference, NAWE.
o Asked to serve as Director of organizational restructuring at Grafton School.
Danneal Jones
o Coordinator of Parent Admissions Network Office of Admissions - University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana.
o Graduate Advisor for the Master of Arts Program - Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona.
o Coordinator of the Summer Connections Program Office of Admissions - University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana.
o Faculty Member for the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC) University of North Carolina, Ashville- Charlotte Camp College Program.
o Selected as reader for National Urban League Scholarship Program through Educational Testing Services (ETS), (Princeton, New Jersey, 2001).
o Co-Presenter at National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education Annual Conference: "Teaming Up: How Partnerships Between Offices of Admissions and Multicultural Student Services Can Increase Cultural Diversity in Light of Tightening Budgets," Seattle, Washington.
o Presented at the annual Louisiana Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (LACRAO) Conference on "Faculty/Staff: Access and Equity," Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
o Appointed to Metropolitan Tech Prep Access Consortium, responsible for representing the University of New Orleans in creating programs and articulation agreements between the technical, community and 4-year college systems.
o Advisory Committee Member for the Urban League of Greater New Orleans, Inc.’s Equal Opportunity Day
Frank Kesterman
o Listed in 2002-2003 edition of Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Industry.
o Professor of Finance at Georgetown University's Schools of Foreign Service and Business
Carolyn Lee
o Selected for Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Service Corps, United States Army Medical Department, United States Army Reserves.
o Researched and compiled a compendium of research and evaluation studies that support vocational and adult education, for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education.
Rose Lowther
o Presentation Proposal accepted, West Virginia Behavioral Healthcare Providers Association.
- Presentation Proposal accepted, West Virginia Child Care Association.
Vell Lyles
o Co-presenter at regional Peoplesoft Conference on Data Cleansing and Conversion.
Perry Martini
o Publication: Maryland Association for Higher Education (MAHE) Journal, October 2001, Volume 23 "The Larson Commission and the Development of University Systems: Maryland's 21st Century Roadmap for Higher Education and Governance."
o Director of Class Giving and Athletic Projects at Naval Academy Foundation, a division of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association/Institutional Development.
o Appointed Assistant Secretary of Higher Education for the State of Maryland.
o Completed EdD in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University.
o Served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC).
Mark McGuire
o Professor at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at NDU.
o Publication: McGuire, M. A. (2001-02). "Senior Officers and Strategic Leader Development," Joint Forces Quarterly, Number 29, Autumn/Winter (2001-02), p. 91-96.
Richard Meinhart
o Article about seminar taught by Meinhart at the Army War College appeared in the Carlisle Sentinel newspaper as a result of hosting local reporter during an exercise on Military Assistance to Civil Authorities.
o Selected to hold the General Brehon Burke Sommerville Academic Chair of Management at the Army War College.
Eric Michael
o Developed methodology to compare dissimilar capabilities over full range of conflict to assist Department of Defense in setting acquisition priorities.
o As analyst and primary investigator with Scientific Applications International Corporation in McLean, Virginia, co-authored National International Public Information Strategy to Support National Security Strategy.
o Primary author of PSYOP 2020 research on the future of Communication.
o Primary author of Hard and Deeply Buried Target Defeat Universal Measures of Effectiveness.
o Served as Director of Development, Randolph-Macon Academy (RMA). During tenure, raised $1.2 million in a 12-month period, setting a new fund raising record for the RMA. Played a major role in reforming academic, finances and operating procedures for the RMA.
Bonnie Oliver
o Wrote policy directive on "Institutional Integrity" for Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA.
o Presented to Marine Corps University Board of Visitors at Quantico, VA on "Increasing Full-Time Equivalents (FTE’s) for Civilian Staff and Teaching Faculty for the Marine Corps University."
Debbie Naquin
o Publication: "Inventing the Future: Higher Education Governance in the 21st Century," International Journal of E-Learning, Vol. 1, No. 4, Oct/Nov 2002.
o Presentation: "Perspectives of Technology Mentoring" at the English Peer Group Conference, Charlottesville, Virginia.
o Forthcoming Presentation: "Perspectives of Technology Mentoring" at New Horizons Technology Conference in Roanoke.
o Completed EdD in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University.
o Appointed Co-Chair, English Adjunct Hiring Committee, NVCC, Loudoun Campus.
o Appointed Webmaster, Humanities and Communication Division, NVCC, Loudoun Campus.
o Member of the Teaching and Learning Technology Roundtable (TLTR) and the Training and Pedagogy Subcommittee, NVCC.
o Member, Grant Advisory Board, NVCC, Loudoun Campus.
o Recipient, Asynchronous Learning Networks Mini-Grant, Sloan Foundation.
o Recipient, Virginia Community College System Professional Development Research Grant.
o Recipient, Academic Assessment Mini-Grant.
o Presented at the Teaching, Learning, Technology Roundtable (TLTR) Conference, NVCC, Loudoun Campus.
o Keynote Speaker, Summer Technology Conference, Shenandoah University. Topic: Integrating Technology into the Curriculum.
Jerome Peck
o Member - Textbook adoption committee for Science, Loudoun County Public Schools
o Presentation - "Teaching through Object Oriented Learning," Shenandoah University ITL Masters Program.
o Lesson Plan - "Jaws, Claws and Joints as Simple Machines" The Naturalist Center of The Smithsonian Institution, and the i wonder Program.
o Member of Board of Directors, the Institute for Alternative Futures.
Vance Renfroe
o Edited and wrote Foreword for The Foundation and Development of the National Guard Bureau, (Van Fleet, 2002).
o President and Chairman of the Board, Minuteman Institute for National Defense Studies, Washington DC.
o President, Renfroe & Associates, an international consulting and marketing firm.
Margo Sassaman
o American College Personal Association: Commission VI 2002 Program Reviewer, General Convention Program Reviewer.
o Central PA Employment Consortium Executive Board Member; Chairperson: Employer Registration Technology Committee.
o Presentation with S. Nachbar: "24/7 Recruiting - Help Your Students and Employers Hook-Up", Southeastern Association of Colleges and Employers, Annual Conference, Savannah, GA.
o Presentation: "24/7 Recruiting for School Administrators", Administrators Annual Dinner in Millersville, PA.
o Presentation: "Career Services for Students with Disabilities," State System of Higher Education Students with Disabilities Services Providers Annual Conference, Millersville, PA.
o Presentation with S. Nachbar: "24/7 Recruiting for Small to Medium Size Career Centers," Eastern Association of Colleges & Employers Annual Conference, Danvers, MA.
o Presentation with S. Nachbar: "Best Practices Panel", Eastern Association of Colleges & Employers Annual Conference, Danvers, MA.
William Spracher
o Appointed In-Region Activities Coordinator, Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS), National Defense University.
o Presentation: "Oversight Practices in the Intelligence Sector," seminar sponsored by the National Democratic Institute at the Peruvian Congress in Lima, Peru.
o Participated as member of Department of Defense/Joint Chiefs of Staff Management Review Board Assistance Team visit to George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany, responsible for assessment of areas dealing with student achievement, faculty development, and curriculum planning.
o Participated in site survey visit to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to coordinate on-site seminar entitled "Conceptual Framework for a National Security Strategy,” co-sponsored by Dominican Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, Institute of Higher Studies for Defense and National Security, and CHDS.
o "Peru, Colombia, Counterterrorism, and Counternarcotics" and "Communicating with Foreigners Without Offending: A Few Lessons Learned by a Latin American Foreign Area Officer," International Affairs Symposium, Regional Studies Course, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School, Fort Bragg, NC.
o Symposium, Regional Studies Course, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, NC.
o Presentation: "Security in the Uribe Era: Colombia at the Crossroads," Rosslyn, VA; conference organized by U.S. State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
o Presentation: "U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights in the Andes" to Policy Task Force at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
o Coordinated preparations for CHDS overseas seminars in Brasilia, Brazil; Quito, Ecuador; Bogota, Colombia; Lima, Peru; and Montevideo, Uruguay.
o Assisted in preparing CHDS Director for participation in the 5th Defense Ministerial of the Americas held in Santiago, Chile.
o As a CHDS adjunct professor, gave presentations in Spanish on "Intelligence Management, Control, and Oversight" to students in several iterations of Defense Planning and Resource Management Course.
Ruth Tobin
o Appointed Program Specialist, Technology, The George Washington University, Center for Professional Development.
Andrea Todd
o Promoted to Manager of Education Programs for the Higher Education Administration Doctoral Program at the Virginia campus.
o Invited to participate on the Advisory Board of the American Youth Policy Forum for Minority Academic Achievement.
o Presented at Title VII System wide Grants Conference on the topic of Internet resources for teaching limited English proficient students, focusing on resources for federal grantees, Washington, DC.
o Presented at Multi-Cultural Perspectives Conference, Mary Washington College, on similar topic as above, focusing on resources for students enrolled in higher education programs.
Ameeta Vashee
o Completed EdD in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University.
Kathy Williams
o Speaking engagement: Panelist, College of Education and Human Services Ethics Colloquium, Shippensburg University.
o Panelist, GWU Higher Education Administration Doctoral Student Symposium.
o Promoted from Associate Director to Director, Center for Career Development, Gettysburg College.
o Elected President of Pennsylvania College Career Services Association.
o Presented Program on ‘Student Usage Trends in Career Offices’, Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers Conference, Boston, MA.
o Presented similar program as above to Cumberland Valley Consortium (Group of 11 colleges and universities in PA, MD, WV, and VA).
Lisa Wilson
o Recipient of Virginia Community College System Course-ware Grant for collaborative effort [Patrick Henry Community College and Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC)] to improve the use of technology in course delivery.
o Co-authoring First Year Experience text for the Woodbridge campus of NVCC.
o Co-chair, Disabilities Services Working Group, NVCC.
o Coordinator, Counseling Internships for Old Dominion University's Woodbridge Campus Teletechnet site.
o Co-chair, Teaching and Learning Technology Roundtable (Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge Campus).
o Appointed to NVCC - Woodbridge Campus Distance Learning Quality Assurance Team.
o Coordinator of Counseling Internships for Old Dominion University's Woodbridge Campus Teletechnet site.
o Facilitated Assisted Technology Seminar at the NVCC's Spring Cross Campus Day.
Michael Wooten
o Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, Excellence in Education Conference, 2002.
o Member, Mensa & Mensa Educational Research Foundation.
John Yaeger
o Appointed Dean of Faculty and Academic Programs, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, the premier DoD joint educational institution for national security resource management.
o Selected as an officer on the Board of Trustees at St. Mary’s Parish School (K-12) in Annapolis, Maryland.
Athena Yiamouyiannis
o U.S. Department of Education's Commission on Opportunities in Athletics, Chicago Hearing - Invited panelist to testify on behalf of the National Coalition of Women and Girls in Education.
o SAWPASH Convention. (Southern Academy of Women in Physical Activity, Sport and Health) Keynote Speaker. Tennessee.
o NACWAA Fall Forum. (National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators).
o Co-presented with Dr. Donna Lopiano, Executive Director of the Women's Sports Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri.
o American University - Title IX Lecturer. Washington D.C.
o Speaker on symposium panel with Dr. Linda Carpenter and Dr. Andrew Zimbalist, Title IX Symposium at Mount Holyoke-Amherst, Massachusetts.
o Wrote chapter in the NCAA's Achieving Gender Equity Guide.
o Co-authored Title IX Athletics Policies - Issues and Data for Education Decision-makers.
Stephanie Younkins
o Hired as faculty member shared between the Community College of Baltimore County – Catonsville Campus and Frostburg State University. Responsible for teaching in therapeutic recreation area and assisting with building two institutions’ therapeutic recreation programs in the greater Baltimore area.
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