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
Prior Phase II Members
Billy Vela
Research Assistant
Claudia Rodriguez
Research Assistant
Hope McCoy
Khalilah Lauderdale
Research Assistant
Lauren Irwin
Research Assistant
Alex Hazard
Research Assistant
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
W. Edward Chi
Research Assistant
Darnell Cole*
Co-Principal Investigator
Zoë Corwin*
Principal Investigator
KC Culver
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Tom DePaola
Research Assistant
Diane Flores
Administrative Assistant II
Ron Hallett*
Co-Investigator
Liane Hypolite
Research Consultant
Adrianna Kezar
Co-Investigator
Joseph Kitchen*
Co-Investigator
Paco Martorell
Research Consultant
Mark Masterton
Co-Principal Investigator
Cameron Mcphee
Survey Methodologist
Tatianna Melguizo*
Co-Principal Investigator
Samantha Neiman
Senior Researcher
Christopher Newman
Research Consultant
Evan Nielsen
Co-Principal Investigator
Elizabeth Park
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Rosemary Perez
Co-Investigator
Monica Raad
Finance/Admin Project Manager
Robert Reason*
Co-Principal Investigator
Gwendelyn Rivera
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Elise Swanson
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Marissiko Wheaton
Research Assistant
Jonathan Zaleski
Communications Manager
Advisory Board
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Current Members
Manuel González Canché
Jennifer R. Keup
Jillian Kinzie
Darris Means
Anne-Marie Nunez
Wilson Okelo
Julie Park
Amelia Parnell
Bob Reason
Kris Renn
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.