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National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition

Advisory Board

As part of our mission to improve student learning and transitions, the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition created an advisory board to bring together a global community of scholars who are dedicated to promoting student success, learning, and development. 

About the Advisory Board

Board members serve in a consultative role for the National Resource Center, giving advice and contributing suggestions for publications, marketing and funding strategies, research topics, and conference speakers, as well as authoring articles for Center publications and evaluating nominees and grant proposals for the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award and the Paul P. Fidler Research Grant, respectively. Members include leaders and experts in higher education representing a variety of institutional types, professional associations, and research centers. The contributions of these individuals have been and continue to be vital to the Center’s work in improving the lives of students.

Advisory Board Members

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Lara Lomicka Anderson

University of South Carolina
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027

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Heather Adams

Transfer Nation/SOVA
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2028

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Bryce Bunting

Brigham Young University
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027

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Lorelle Burton

University of Queensland (Australia)
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2028

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Will Carey

The University of Salford (England)
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2029

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Steven Girardot

Georgia Institute of Technology
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027

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Annie Kelly

University of Cincinnati
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027

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Robert Kenedy

York University (Canada)
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027

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Joseph (Joey) Kitchen

University of Southern California
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2028

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Marisol Silva Laya

Ibero-American University (Mexico)
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027

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Janet L. Marling

University of North Georgia
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027

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Pιnar Özbek

Koc University (Turkey)
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2028

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Rosemary (Rosie) Perez

University of Michigan
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027

Scott Peska

Scott Peska

Waubonsee Community College
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2028

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Rose Rojas

Maricopa Community Colleges
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2028

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Bernie Savarese

University of Tennessee System
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2028

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James K. Winfield

Southern New Hampshire University
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2028

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Reiko Yamada

Doshisha University (Japan)
Term: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027

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