Leadership


Program Committee

Program Chair (2025-2026)
Amalia Z. Dache
University of Pennsylvania
adache@upenn.edu

Co-Program Chair (2025-2026)
Adrian H. Huerta
University of Southern California
ahhuerta@usc.edu

Section 1: Student Development & Learning in College and Beyond
Nahoko Kawakyu O'Connor, University of Rochester,  nahoko@warner.rochester.edu
Natalie Rose Youngbull, University of Oklahoma, nyoungbull@ou.edu

Section 2a: College Student Access, Trajectories, & Transitions
Ty C. McNamee, University of Kentucky,  ty.mcnamee@uky.edu  
Thomas Noel, Jr., Michigan State University, thomas.noel@morgan.edu
Jorge Burmicky, Howard University, jorge.burmicky@howard.edu

Section 2b: College and Graduate Student Experiences
Joaquin Noguera, Loyola Marymount Universtiy, noguera.joaquin@gmail.com
Guillermo Ortega, Texas Tech University, guilorte@ttu.edu

Section 2c: Assessing College Student Success & Impact
Katharine Broton, University of Iowa, katharine-broton@uiowa.edu
Elaine W. Leigh, RAND Corporation, leigh.elaine@gmail.com
Erica Pereira Amorim, Achieving the Dream, amorim.erica@gmail.com

Section 3: Organization, Management, & Leadership
Jordan N. Harper, Morgan State University, jordan.harper@morgan.edu
Lauren Schudde, University of Texas at Austin, schudde@austin.utexas.edu

Section 4: Faculty, Curriculum, & Teaching
Damani K. White-Lewis, University of Pennsylvania, dkwlewis@upenn.edu
Cynthia D. Villarreal, Northern Arizona University, cynthia.villarreal@nau.edu

Section 5: Policy, Law, Finance, & Economics
Ishara Casellas Connors, Texas A&M University, icasellasconnors@tamu.edu
Jeremy Wright-Kim, University of Michigan, jwrightk@umich.edu

Section 6: Society, Culture, History, & Change
Stephanie Hernandez Rivera, Elon University,  stephaniemarie5887@gmail.com
Elizabeth Dunens, University of Minnesota - Rochester, edunens@r.umn.edu