People

Name:

Robert C. May

Job title: Distinguished Professor of Philosophy & Linguistics/Dept of Philosophy, UC Davis
Role: Affiliated Faculty
Topics: Higher Education Policy, History of Higher Education, Leadership and Governance, Research Universities, University of California
Research interests:

Philosophy of language, philosophy of logic, history of early analytic philosophy, theoretical linguistics, academic freedom
Name:

Michele Meoli

Job title: Associate Professor, Department of Management, Information and Production Engineering, University of Bergamo
Role: Visiting Professor
Topics: Economics of Higher Education, Higher Education Finance, Higher Education Policy, International Higher Education, Leadership and Governance, Science Policy
Research interests:

Higher Education: Economics of Higher Education, Higher Education Finance, International Higher Education, Higher Education Policy, Science Policy. Finance: Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurial Finance
Name:

Karen Merritt

Job title: Senior Associate University History
Role: Associates
Topics: History of Higher Education, University of California
Name:

Michael Nacht

Job title: Thomas and Alison Schneider Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, Former Interim CSHE Director
Role: Affiliated Faculty
Name:

Brian Murphy

Job title: President Emeritus De Anza College
Role: Associates
Name:

Christine Musselin

Role: Affiliated Faculty
Name:

Maresi Nerad

Job title: SERU Senior Researcher, Professor Emerita, Higher Education, University of Washington, Seattle
Role: Affiliated Faculty
Topics: Graduate Education, Higher Education Policy, History of Higher Education, International Higher Education, Research Universities
Name:

Patricia A. Pelfrey

Job title: Senior Research Associate Emerita
Role: Associates
Topics: History of Higher Education, Leadership and Governance, Research Universities, University of California
Name:

Karl S. Pister

Job title: Chancellor Emeritus, UC Santa Cruz and Former Director, CSHE
Role: Affiliated Faculty
Name:

Preston S. Walton, M.A.

Job title: Senior Associate Vice President for Development, University of San Francisco – San Francisco, California
Role: ELA Faculty
Name:

Natalia Ramirez

Job title: Student Assistant
Role: Administrative Staff
Name:

Sheldon Rothblatt

Job title: Professor Emeritus, History, UC Berkeley
Role: Affiliated Faculty
Topics: History of Higher Education, International Higher Education, Research Universities, University of California
Research interests:

Modern British and European history and the comparative history of universities
Name:

Samantha Rushing

Job title: Program Administrator & Executive Assistant, Executive Leadership Academy
Role: Administrative Staff
Name:

Aray Saniyazova

Job title: SERU-International Research Associate
Role: Research Associate
Topics: Graduate Education, Institutional Research, International Higher Education, Research Universities, Student Experience and Success
Research interests:

student experience, student academic and social integration, student wellbeing and campus climate; gender in higher education; doctoral education
Name:

Maria Veronica Santelices

Role: Affiliated Faculty, Visiting Scholar
Research interests:

Educational measurement and educational policy
Name:

Robert Shireman

Job title: Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
Role: Affiliated Faculty
Topics: Access, Accountability, Affordability and Financial Aid, Higher Education Policy, Leadership and Governance, Learning Outcomes
Research interests:

History of the sector and control distinctions in American higher education and comparisons to other countries.
Name:

Shirley R. Pippins, Ed.D.

Job title: Former President, Thomas Nelson Community College – Hampton, Virginia Former President, Suffolk County Community College – Long Island, New York
Role: ELA Faculty
Name:

Simon Barker, M.B.A & M.A

Job title: Managing Partner, Blue Moon Consulting Group – Denver, Colorado; Former Senior Vice President in Marsh & McLennan’s Reputational Risk & Crisis Management
Role: ELA Faculty
Name:

Sofia Martinez Ramos, Ph.D.

Job title: President, Luminario Education Strategies – Tucson, Arizona Associate to the Vice President, University of Arizona – Tucson, Arizona
Role: ELA Advisory Board
Name:

Dr. Krista M. Soria

Job title: Institutional Research, Assessment, and Policy Analysis and Office for Student Affairs
Role: Research Associate
Topics: Graduate Education, Higher Education Policy, History of Higher Education, Institutional Research, Leadership and Governance, Learning Outcomes, Research Universities, Student Experience and Success, Teaching and Learning
Research interests:

I focus on conducting assessments of academic and student affairs programs, with a critical lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. I examine how campuses can create a more supportive campus climate for students from diverse backgrounds, whether programs are equitably accessible to all...