Knowledge Development Steering Committee

The educators, researchers, practitioners, and advocates who comprise the knowledge development steering committee contribute to a statewide research agenda aimed to improve community college practice and to inform policy benefiting colleges’ pathways reform strategies. These esteemed partners advise the overall knowledge development strategy. The Texas Success Center directs and implements the strategy while providing opportunity for committee members to contribute to or collaborate on commissioned new knowledge development activities.

Members

Estela Mara Bensimon, Ed.D.

Professor, Higher Education, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California

Director, Center for Urban Education

Russell Cannon, Ph.D.

Senior Program Officer, Postsecondary Success, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Jenna Cullinane-Hege, Ph.D.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Strategic Planning, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Lindsay Daugherty, Ph.D.

Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation

Kelty Garbee, Ph.D.

Director, Programs, Educate Texas

Linda García, Ph.D.

Assistant Director, College Relations, Center for Community College Student Engagement

George González, M.S.

Director, Institutional Research and Effectiveness, San Jacinto College

Davis Jenkins, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scholar, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University

Heather Justice, M.Ed.

Division Director, College, Career, and Military Preparation, Texas Education Agency

Kay McClenney, Ph.D.

Senior Advisor to the President and CEO, American Association of Community Colleges

Consultant and Partner, Mc2 Consultants

Tia Brown McNair, Ed.D.

Vice President, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, Association of American Colleges and Universities

Emily Miller Payne, Ed.D.

Associate Professor, Developmental and Adult Education, Texas State University

Director, The Education Institute

Luis Ponjuán, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Higher Education Administration, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University

Research Director, Investing in Diversity, Equity, Access, and Learning

Lauren Schudde, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Texas at Austin

William Serrata, Ph.D.

President, El Paso Community College

Uri Treisman, Ph.D.

Founder and Executive Director, Charles A. Dana Center

University Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Mamie Voight, M.P.P.

Vice President, Policy Research, Institute for Higher Education Policy

Afi Wiggins, Ph.D.

Director, Program Evaluation and Research, Charles A. Dana Center, University of Texas at Austin