Faculty
Faculty
Benita Barnes
Benita Barnes is an associate professor in the department of Educational Policy, Research & Administration. Barnes is also the Director of Diversity Advancement for the College of Education.
Dr. Barnes will consider new doctoral advisees for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Sade Bonilla
Sade is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education at University of Massachusetts Amherst. She was a 2018 Spencer/NAEd Dissertation Fellow, an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) fellow and recipient of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Equity and Inclusion Fellowship.
Dr. Bonilla is accepting new doctoral advisees for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Chrystal George Mwangi
Dr. George Mwangi is an Associate Professor in higher education. Her scholarship broadly centers on 1) structures of opportunity and educational attainment for underrepresented populations along the P-20 education pipeline; 2) impacts of globalization and migration on U.S. higher education at the student, institution, and policy levels; and 3) African and African Diaspora populations in higher education.
Dr. George Mwangi will consider new doctoral advisees for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Shane Hammond
Shane Hammond is a lecturer for the department of Educational Policy, Research & Administration. Hammond is a demonstrated scholar-practitioner in Higher Education with progressively responsible and diverse experience in Student Affairs administration and leadership, including human resource management, policy analysis, strategic planning and assessment and the application of student-centered, high impact retention and completion practices.
Dr. Hammond is not accepting new doctoral advisees for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Kate Hudson
Kate Hudson is a senior lecturer for the department of Educational Policy, Research & Administration. Hudson is also the Director of Online Programs & Digital Learning for the College of Education.
Dr. Hudson is not accepting new doctoral advisees for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Ezekiel Kimball
Dr. Ezekiel Kimball is an Associate Professor of Higher Education and the Associate Director of the Center for Student Success Research at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. An expert on the postsecondary success trajectories of students with disabilities, his publications have appeared in the Journal of College Student Development, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, and New Directions in Institutional Research. In recognition of his scholarly achievements, Dr. Kimball has been named an ACPA Emerging Scholar by ACPA: College Educators International, a Family Research Scholar by the Center for Research on Families, and a Public Engagement Fellow by the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Dr. Kimball will consider new doctoral advisees for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Ryan Wells
Ryan Wells is Director of the Center for Student Success Research and associate professor of higher education. He primarily investigates questions of college access, equity, and success for underrepresented and/or under-researched groups. Topics for recent research include the ways that socioeconomic status, disability, and geographic location are related to college success. Learn more about Ryan.
Dr. Wells is accepting new doctoral advisees for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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