Team - Pass: Promoting At-Promise Student Success

TEAM

PASS Project Research Team

The PASS project research team is indebted to University of Nebraska students, staff, faculty and administrators who shared time and insights with us over the course of the study. We are grateful to the Thompson Scholars Learning Community and Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation for their research partnership. This study would not have been possible without their support.

Phase II

*Project Leads

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Genia M. Bettencourt

Research Associate

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Nick Bowman*

Co-Principal Investigator

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Mariela Cardenas

Research Assistant

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Zoë Corwin*

Principal Investigator

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Diane Flores

Administrative Assistant II

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Raúl Gámez

Research Assistant

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Ron Hallett*

Co-Investigator

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Elizabeth Holcombe

Senior Research Associate

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Liane Hypolite

Research Consultant

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Shinji Katsumoto

Research Assistant

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Adrianna Kezar

Co-Investigator

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Angie Kim

Research Assistant

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Joseph Kitchen*

Co-Investigator

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Mariama Nagbe

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Nicole Tennessen

Research Assistant

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Jose Ortega

Research Assistant

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Rosemary Perez

Co-Investigator

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Monica Raad

Finance/Admin Project Manager

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Christine Rocha

Project Specialist

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Ralitsa Todorova

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Ricky Urgo

Research Assistant

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Amber Williams

Research Assistant

Billy Vela

Research Assistant

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Claudia Rodriguez

Research Assistant

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Hope McCoy

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Khalilah Lauderdale

Research Assistant

Lauren Irwin

Research Assistant

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Alex Hazard

Research Assistant

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Elizabeth Malanga

Research Assistant

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Bryanna Siguenza

Research Assistant

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Serina Bravo

Research Assistant

“Our longitudinal mixed methods research design aims to deepen understandings about how practitioners, programs and institutions affect change to ensure at-promise student success. We’re particularly excited about capturing nuances in how at-promise students experience campus life through frequent, succinct interval surveys and qualitative interviews.”

Zoë Corwin

PASS II Principal Investigator

Prior Phase I

*Project Leads

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Arely Acuña Avilez

Research Assistant

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W. Edward Chi

Research Assistant

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Darnell Cole*

Co-Principal Investigator

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Zoë Corwin*

Principal Investigator

KC Culver

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Tom DePaola

Research Assistant

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Diane Flores

Administrative Assistant II

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Ron Hallett*

Co-Investigator

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Liane Hypolite

Research Consultant

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Adrianna Kezar

Co-Investigator

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Joseph Kitchen*

Co-Investigator

Paco Martorell

Research Consultant

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Mark Masterton

Co-Principal Investigator

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Cameron Mcphee

Survey Methodologist

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Tatianna Melguizo*

Co-Principal Investigator

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Samantha Neiman

Senior Researcher

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Christopher Newman

Research Consultant

Evan Nielsen

Co-Principal Investigator

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Elizabeth Park

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Rosemary Perez

Co-Investigator

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Monica Raad

Finance/Admin Project Manager

Robert Reason*

Co-Principal Investigator

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Gwendelyn Rivera

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Elise Swanson

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Marissiko Wheaton

Research Assistant

Jonathan Zaleski

Communications Manager

Advisory Board

Current Members

Manuel González Canché

Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania Expertise in mixed methods/innovative, longitudinal, data visualization

Jennifer R. Keup

Executive Director for the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) and the Vice President of Urban Initiatives at the Association of Public & Land-grant Universities (APLU)

Jillian Kinzie

Associate Director at the Center for Postsecondary Research and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Institute at Indiana University School of Education

Darris Means

Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Anne-Marie Nunez

Professor and Executive Director of the Diana Natalicio Institute for Hispanic Student Success at the University of Texas at El Paso

Wilson Okelo

Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania State University

Julie Park

Associate Professor, University of California at Los Angeles

Amelia Parnell

Vice President for Research and Policy at NASPA

Bob Reason

Professor, Iowa State University

Kris Renn

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies for Student Success Research Expertise in Identity and identity development in higher education

Prior Members

Sonja Ardoin

Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University Expertise in social class identity, rural and first-generation college students, and career preparation and pathways.

Amalia Daché

Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania Expertise in place and space, and critical perspective

Emily Lardner

Vice president of Academic Affairs at Highline College

becky martinez

Consultant Expertise in Practitioner perspective, social class identity, scholar-practitioner

Sam Museus

Professor of Education Studies at UC San Diego and founding director of the National Institute for Transformation and Equity (NITE)

Cecilia Orphan

Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Denver and Director of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges

Leticia Osuguera

Associate Professor, Higher Education; Senior Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University

Daphna Oyserman

Dean’s Professor, Department of Psychology and of Education and Communication, University of Southern California

Vincent Tinto

Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University

“Phase II of the PASS Project is powerful in that it is leveraging wisdom from students, staff, faculty, and administrators in the University of Nebraska system and members of the PASS research team to create campus cultures that better meet the needs of at-promise students. The commitment from all involved to developing and sustaining a true research-practice partnership will benefit students and is a potential model for creating change in higher education.”

Rosemary Perez

Co-Investigator

Affiliated Groups

The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation has offered scholarships to college students in Nebraska for over 60 years. TSLC is a college success and transition program initiated in 2008 and funded by the foundation in partnership with the University of Nebraska system.

The University of Nebraska is the state university system of Nebraska, composed of four coeducational campuses. TSLC programs exist on three University of Nebraska campuses—Kearney, Omaha and Lincoln—and serve a combined total of more than 2,300 scholars each year.

The world’s leading research center on student access and success in higher education, the Pullias Center for Higher Education advances innovative, scalable solutions to improve college outcomes for underserved students and to enhance the performance of postsecondary institutions. The Pullias Center is located within the USC Rossier School of Education, one of the world’s premier centers for graduate study in urban education.

A team of researchers based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are conducting a study on effects of the scholarship.