The Journal of Diversity in Higher Education is a top-tier academic journal in higher education, and I am honored to be newly appointed to their editorial board (2025-2027). It is a privilege to serve in this capacity and facilitate publication opportunities for new, equity-focused scholarship in our field! Access recent publications in JDHE by clickingContinue reading “New Editorial Board Member: Journal of Diversity in Higher Education”
Category Archives: Career
Wofford Named Associate Director of the Equity in Graduate Education Consortium
I am honored and excited to be named Associate Director for the Equity in Graduate Education (EGE) Consortium, a national research-practice partnership and learning community that cultivates sustainable models for equitable change in graduate-level admissions, mentoring, and selection systems. Specifically, Dr. Wofford will be working with five new partner institutions to provided scaffolded development andContinue reading “Wofford Named Associate Director of the Equity in Graduate Education Consortium”
Dissertation of the Year: American Educational Research Association (AERA), Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Across the Disciplines
At the latest AERA annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois (April 2023), and with a grateful heart, I accepted the Dissertation of the Year award from the Special Interest Group (SIG 168) for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Across the Disciplines. My dissertation research was completed in 2021, and through this work I was able to contributeContinue reading “Dissertation of the Year: American Educational Research Association (AERA), Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Across the Disciplines”
New Beginnings: Professional Transition to Florida State University as an Assistant Professor of Higher Education
I am absolutely delighted and humbled to announce that I am now a tenure track Assistant Professor in the Higher Education program at Florida State University! I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, the opportunity to partner with the Center for Postsecondary Success, and to beContinue reading “New Beginnings: Professional Transition to Florida State University as an Assistant Professor of Higher Education”
New Professional Role as Postdoctoral Scholar at Northern Arizona University
After successfully defending my dissertation in May 2021 and becoming a newly-minted Ph.D., I began a new professional role as a Postdoctoral Scholar at Northern Arizona University! My new position allows me to work with Dr. Jennifer M. Blaney on a mixed-methods study (NSF #2044858) exploring the pathways from community college transfer to Ph.D. programsContinue reading “New Professional Role as Postdoctoral Scholar at Northern Arizona University”