Profiles

Eddie R. Cole is associate professor of higher education and organizational change at the University of California at Los Angeles where his research focuses on college presidents’ historic role in shaping racial politics and practices both inside and outside of education. He is author of The Campus Color Line: College Presidents and the Struggle for […]

Kevin P. Reilly is the vice president for academic affairs at Beacon College (FL).  Previously, he was vice president for academic affairs at Ferrum College (VA). Before becoming Ferrum’s CAO, he served the college as dean of the school of social sciences and professional studies and as assistant vice president. He is a three-time winner […]

Leanne M. Neilson has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at California Lutheran University since 2009. She came to the university in 1993 as a psychology faculty member and held several administrative positions, including associate provost for graduate programs and accreditation and director of the graduate psychology program, prior to her current […]

Matthew K. Oware is chair and professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Richmond (VA), where he is the Irving May Professor of Human Relations. Previously, he served DePauw University (IN) as the Lester Martin Jones Professor of Sociology, the director of Africana Studies, and chair of the sociology and anthropology department. Oware’s […]

​Matt Burris helps educational entities and businesses understand their legal obligations and address legal challenges at the local, state, and federal level. A former teacher, Burris has concentrated experience advising and litigating on behalf of schools, colleges, and universities on all issues affecting educational institutions in California and across the United States. Burris gained in-house […]

Nicholas Adams is professor of philosophical theology at the University of Birmingham in England. He began his academic career as an expert on German Idealism and its impact on Christian theology, writing on the work of Jürgen Habermas (Habermas and Theology, 2006) and G. W. F. Hegel (Eclipse of Grace: Divine and Human Action in […]

Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. As an author, political commentator, public intellectual, and passionate educator, he focuses on the complex dynamics of the American experience. He is a widely respected scholar of religious studies and has […]

Kathleen A. Mahoney is senior program officer for global development at GHR Foundation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where her portfolio focuses on the nexus of faith and the well-being of children. She previously served as the president of Porticus North America Foundation, and has provided consulting services for other foundations. Mahoney has served on the boards […]

Susan Llewellyn Deniker is an attorney at Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, where she chairs the Labor and Employment Department and is a member of the firm’s higher education team. She specializes in the areas of labor and employment law, higher education law, and litigation. Deniker’s higher education practice includes counseling on employment issues as well […]

​Jenna K. Templeton, vice president for academic affairs at Chatham University, helped lead the university’s academic reorganization and transition to undergraduate coeducation. Her career in higher education administration has included service as director of online academic and support services, associate dean of distance education, and director of student life. Earlier, her work focused on advising […]