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
Bio
Jenna Cullinane-Hege, Ph.D.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Strategic Planning, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Bio
Lindsay Daugherty, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation
Bio
Kelty Garbee, Ph.D.
Director, Programs, Educate Texas
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Linda García, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Community College Student Engagement
Bio
George González, M.S.
Director, Institutional Research and Effectiveness, San Jacinto College
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Davis Jenkins, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scholar, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University
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Heather Justice, M.Ed.
Division Director, College, Career, and Military Preparation, Texas Education Agency
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Kasey Klepfer, MPAff
Senior Research Analyst, Trellis Research
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Kay McClenney, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor to the President and CEO, American Association of Community Colleges
Consultant and Partner, Mc2 Consultants
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Tia Brown McNair, Ed.D.
Vice President, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, Association of American Colleges and Universities
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Emily Miller Payne, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, Developmental and Adult Education, Texas State University
Director, The Education Institute
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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
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Lauren Schudde, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Texas at Austin
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William Serrata, Ph.D.
President, El Paso Community College
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Uri Treisman, Ph.D.
Founder and Executive Director, Charles A. Dana Center
University Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas at Austin
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Mamie Voight, M.P.P.
Vice President, Policy Research, Institute for Higher Education Policy
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Afi Wiggins, Ph.D.
Director, Program Evaluation and Research, Charles A. Dana Center, University of Texas at Austin
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Jacklyn Altuna Willard, M.Ed.
Senior Program Officer, Postsecondary Success, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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