Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Studies in Higher Education conduct research and provide thought leadership on current and relevant topics in the field of higher education.

Richard C. Atkinson

President Emeritus, University of California

Bill Lacy

Professor of Sociology

Department of Human Ecology, UC Davis

George Blumenthal

Former Director, Center for Studies in Higher Education and Chancellor Emeritus, UC Santa Cruz

Steven G. Brint

SERU Principal Researcher; Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, University of California, Riverside

Sociology and Public Policy, University of California, Riverside

Tolani Britton

Assistant Professor - Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley

Michael Brown

Former University of California Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Charlie Eaton

Assistant Professor, Sociology, UC Merced

Paula Fass

Professor Emerita, History, UC Berkeley

Cristina González

Professor Emerita, School of Education & Department of Spanish, UC Davis

M.R.C. Greenwood

President Emerita, University of Hawaii; Chancellor Emerita, UC Santa Cruz; Distinguished Professor, Emerita, UC Davis

Laura Hamilton

Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of California-Merced

Wyatt R. (Rory) Hume

Former Provost and Executive Vice President, University of California

Janet Holmgren, Ph.D.

President Emerita, Mills College – Oakland, California; Senior Vice President for Strategic Advancement, University Now – San Francisco, California

Johnnella E. Butler, Ed.D.

Professor Emerita, Comparative Women's Studies, Spelman College - Atlanta, Georgia; Former Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Spelman College; Founding Executive Leadership Academy Alumni

James Johnsen

Senior Fellow, National Association of System Heads

Gary Matkin

Former Dean of Continuing Education, University of California, Irvine

Robert C. May

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Philosophy & Linguistics, UC Davis

Aashish Mehta

Associate Professor, Global Studies, UC Santa Barbara

Christine Musselin

Maresi Nerad

SERU Senior Researcher, Professor Emerita, Higher Education, University of Washington, Seattle

Maria Veronica Santelices

Robert Shireman

Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation

Marijk Van der Wende

Professor of Higher Education, Utrecht University