SESP - Key Persons
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- Developer, Learning Sciences
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- Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy.
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- Director, Center for Leadership, Northwestern University / Clinical Professor, McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Sciences / Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy
- Director, Center for Leadership, Northwestern University.
Adam Goodman directs Northwestern University's Center for Leadership and is a faculty member in the McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science. He is also co-founder of Catapult, a University spin-off based on his research building a data intensive enterprise-wide web portal for leadership, coaching and teamwork assessment. His previous roles include: a founding partner of the NorthStone Group, Executive Director of the University of Colorado's Leadership Institute and its Presidents Leadership Class, and Special Assistant to three University of Colorado Presidents.
Goodman is an active and long-time community volunteer, including work with the Youth Job Center, Room to Read (founded by Northwestern alum John Wood), the University of Colorado, and Johnson & Wales University. He was also a home building volunteer in Juarez, Mexico. Throughout his career, Goodman has mentored emerging leaders and connected them with experienced leaders in the private, public and non-profit communities. He sponsored countless internships and established other programs to introduce college and high school students to many of the most challenging issues of the day including health care, building healthy communities, economic and international development, and criminal justice.
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- Assistant Professor, MS Learning and Organizational Change
- President and Co - Founder of Equity Based Dialogue for Inclusion
Ahmmad Brown is a diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) scholar and practitioner with more than a decade of experience developing and implementing structures and processes that support equity and inclusion in organizational settings.
Ahmmad's academic work includes two streams of research. In the first, he draws on the social capital, inclusion, and identity literatures to examine Black students' social experiences and feelings of belonging in historically white colleges. In the second, he uses survey and interview methods to understand the antecedents of race-based allyship in organizational settings.
As a practitioner, Ahmmad is president and co-founder of Equity Based Dialogue for Inclusion, LLC (EBDI). Through EBDI, Ahmmad works with organizations across industries to conduct equity assessments, provide strategic support for the development and implementation of equity and inclusion initiatives, and promote intergroup dialogue. As a senior advisor at Working IDEAL, Ahmmad conducts qualitative and qualitative research for organizations to support their strategic DEIJ efforts. He also serves on Merit America's board of directors. Prior to his current work, Ahmmad worked in social sector consulting and college admission.
Education
PhD, Organizational Behavior, Harvard Business School
MA, Sociology, Harvard University
MBA, Education, Stanford University
MA, Education, Stanford University
BA, Sociology + Anthropology + Japanese, Swarthmore College
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- Lecturer, SESP Undergraduate Program
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist at the Family Institute
Alexandra H. Solomon, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist at The Family Institute and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University. Solomon teaches Building Loving and Lasting Relationships: Marriage 101. The course has received local, national, and international media attention, and Solomon was selected by Northwestern University's Class of 2015 to deliver the Last Lecture during Senior Week.
She also teaches and supervises in the Master of Marriage and Family Therapy program at The Family Institute and does psychotherapy with couples and individual adults. Solomon was a central investigator in The Family Institute's Family Business Project, has published a number of academic articles and book chapters, and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for several academic journals and publishers.
She is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA). Professor Solomon presents to a variety of audiences, locally,nationally, and internationally, on topics related to marriage and family and frequently consults to media outlets including Oprah Winfrey Network , O Magazine, The Atlantic, CBS Early Show, and NPR. She is the author of Loving Bravely: 20 Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want (New Harbinger, 2017).
The book shows readers how the practice of relational self-awareness is vital in order to create healthy and sustainable romantic relationships. Solomon received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Women's Studies from the University of Michigan. She then received her PhD in Counseling Psychology from Northwestern University in 2001 as well as a graduate certificate in Gender Studies. During graduate school, she was awarded the Dr. John J.B. Morgan Fellowship and worked at The Family Institute as a research and clinical fellow.
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- Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor of Learning Sciences.
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- Alice Hamilton Professor of Learning Sciences.
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- Professor Emeritus of Education and Social Policy
- Professor Emeritus, Learning Sciences
Allan Collins is Professor Emeritus of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He is a member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, the Cognitive Science Society, the American Educational Research Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He served as a founding editor of the journal Cognitive Science and as first chair of the Cognitive Science Society. He has studied teaching and learning for over 30 years, and written extensively on related topics. He is best known in psychology for his work on how people answer questions, in artificial intelligence for his work on reasoning and intelligent tutoring systems, and in education for his work on situated learning, inquiry teaching, design research, and cognitive apprenticeship. From 1991 to 1994 he was co-director of the U.S. Department of Education's Center for Technology in Education. His book with Richard Halverson entitled Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and the Schools was published by Teachers College Press in September 2009.
Education
PhD, Cognitive Psychology, University of Michigan, 1970
MA, Communication Sciences, University of Michigan, 1961
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- Senior Research Associate, Learning Sciences
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- Associate Vice President for Information and Analytics, Northwestern University / Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy
- Associate Vice President for Information and Analytics, Northwestern University.
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- Research Associate, Center for Education Efficacy, Excellence, and Equity ( E4 )
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education
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- Project Manager, Center for Talent Development
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- Professor Emeritus, Learning Sciences
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- Professor of Sociology and Faculty
Andrew Papachristos is a Professor of Sociology and Faculty Fellow at Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research, and the Faculty Director of Corners: the Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science. He is a Chicago native and one of the world's leading experts at applying network science to the study of crime, violence, policing, and urban neighborhoods. Papachristos has more than fifteen years of experience working in the area of engaged-research in Chicago having worked with community groups, state and local criminal justice agencies, schools, hospitals, city governments, and the federal government. Papachristos' research and evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, Chicago's Group Violence Reduction Strategy, The Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, and CureViolence have been widely cited and recognized as models for engaged research and evaluation in the area of gun violence prevention and reduction programs.
Papachristos is also in the process of completing a manuscript on the evolution of black street gangs and politics in Chicago from the 1950s to the early 2000s. An author of more than 50 articles, Papachristos' work has appeared in journals such as JAMA, The American Journal of Sociology, Criminology, and The American Journal of Public Health; publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Chicago Tribune have also covered his work extensively. Papachristos has received numerous awards, including The National Science Foundation's Early CAREER Award and the American Society of Criminology's "Young Scholar" Award. Prior to arriving at Northwestern, Papachristos was a Professor of Sociology at Yale University and Founding Director of The Policy Lab. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Loyola University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
Education
PhD, Sociology, University of Chicago, 2007
MA, Social Sciences,University of Chicago, 2000
BS, Department of Criminal Justice, Loyola University of Chicago, summa cum laude, 1998
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- Instructor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program / Independent Consultant and Coach
- Instructor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program.
B. Keith Simerson has provided consultation to professional services firms and to corporate clients spanning 18 industries (including the financial, consulting, health care, architecture, and engineering professions and automotive, industrial supplies, paper, rubber, heavy machinery, petrochemical, hospitality, food processing, business-to-business merchandising and electronics industries), as well as to branches of the U.S. military and foreign governments. He has consulted throughout the U.S. and in Iraq, Canada, Argentina, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Singapore, England, Bermuda, France and the Netherlands.
Simerson helped develop and implement a five-year strategic plan for a leading professional services firm; led integration teams for the merger of two petrochemical industry giants; helped develop the consulting framework and electronic consulting "toolkit" for a leading professional services firm; established consulting organizations in two regional health care systems; and has served as an HR leader in a top-tier professional services firm.
Simerson earned his EdD from UNC-Greensboro and MA from Appalachian State University.
Simerson and Aaron Olson's book, Leading with Strategic Thinking, was released by John Wiley & Sons in April, 2015. Simerson is also the author of Strategic Planning: A Practical Guide to Strategy Formulation and Execution (ABC-CLIO, 2011) and the co-author of The Manager as Leader (Praeger Publishers, 2006), Fired, Laid Off, Out of a Job: A Manual for Understanding, Coping, Surviving (Greenwood, 2003) and Evaluating Police Management Development Programs (Praeger Publishing, 1990).
Bart Hirsch is an applied developmental scientist whose work emphasizes program development, implementation, and evaluation in relation to adolescents. His research examined some of the most prominent programs in the country (Boys & Girls Clubs; After School Matters). The studies are notable for presenting an enhanced vision of the potential of the programs, while acknowledging an array of implementation issues. Two of his books won "best book" awards.
Hirsch is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Community Research and Action. He has served on the editorial boards of leading journals in adolescent development and community psychology and as general editor for Adolescent Lives in Context, a book series from NYU Press.
Hirsch held several leadership positions at Northwestern. As chair of Human Development and Social Policy, he led a major transformation of the program that greatly increased the number of PhD graduates placed in top-tier academic positions. As chair of the executive committee of the School of Education and Social Policy, he guided the School through a series of organizational changes that involved restructuring its academic programs and changes in senior leadership. Hirsch also served several terms as chair of the School's tenure and promotion committee.
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- Associate Professor, Psychology.
- Professor Emeritus, Human Development and Social Policy
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- Coach, MS in Learning and Organizational Change
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- Executive Coach, EY / Instructor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program
- Executive Coach, EY.
Bob is an executive coach and member of EY's Americas Coaching Practice (ACP). He has 20+ years of executive coaching, consulting and HR experience across multiple industries and in 10+ countries. Previously he was a vice president with Ernst & Young Application Services prior to its acquisition by Cap Gemini. Bob has a BA in Psychology, an MS in Industrial Relations and an MS in Organization Development from Loyola University Chicago. He received his coaching training from the Hudson Institute of Coaching, a certified professional coaching school. Bob is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation, the global organization that certifies the training and capabilities of professional coaches.
Bob has coached leaders and teams in large organizations in the consumer goods, health care and financial services industries, including the C-Suite level and those reporting to the C-Suite. The range of coaching assignments has included individual development, team alignment and performance, and onboarding/transition coaching. Additionally, Bob has conducted individual development coaching for people of color who are leaders in large organizations.
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- Instructor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program
In his 25+ years as an HR leader and organization design and effectiveness consultant, Brad has successfully managed large-scale organization effectiveness and change initiatives across a spectrum of industries, geographies and business scenarios. Brad also designs and delivers customized leadership development programs focused on equipping current and emerging leaders with the capabilities needed to lead what's next in a rapidly changing world.
Brad's recent clients include: Beam Suntory, Inc., Heath Care Services Corporation, McDonald's Corporation, Omaha Public Power District, SP Plus Corporation, Union Pacific Railroad, and W.L. Gore and Associates.
In his non-consulting roles, Brad has served as the leader of Global Talent Planning from Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and leader of Global Talent Management at Fiserv, Inc.
Brad received an MBA degree in Organizational Behavior and Marketing from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Marquette University.
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- Assistant Director, MS in Education Program
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- Orrington Lunt Professor of Learning Sciences
Brian Reiser is the Orrington Lunt Professor of Learning Sciences in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. Reiser's work explores how to make science learning more meaningful in K-12 classrooms as students investigate questions and problems they identify. Reiser's research examines how to support students in science knowledge-building practices through storyline curriculum materials and teaching approaches, and how teachers learn as they enact these reforms.
Reiser heads NextGen Science Storylines, a researcher-teacher collaborative developing and investigating design principles for storyline units in which students help manage the trajectory of science knowledge building. Reiser leads the Northwestern team of the OpenSciEd Developer's Consortium, a partnership with ten state education agencies to design and field test storyline instructional materials. The project released a freely available middle school science curriculum in 2022, and is currently developing materials for K-5 and high school.
Reiser was a member of the National Research Council's Board on Science Education from 2011 to 2018, serving on the NRC committee authoring A Framework for K-12 Science Education (guiding the development of the Next Generation Science Standards, NGSS), and reports recommending policies for NGSS assessment and implementation. Reiser collaborated with districts and states around the country to design and support professional learning programs supporting K-12 teachers in NGSS implementation. Reiser was a founding member at Northwestern of the first graduate program in Learning Sciences, chairing the program from 1993, shortly after its inception, until 2001.
Education
PhD, Cognitive Science, Yale University, 1983
MA, Psychology, New York University, 1979
BA, Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1977
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- Founder and President of McBratney Consulting, Ltd
- President, McBratney Consulting, Ltd.
Bruce McBratney is the founder and President of McBratney Consulting, Ltd., a firm that develops executives into the leaders they want to become, and that their organizations need them to be.
Bruce is an active member of the Duke Corporate Education's Global Learning Resource Network, and consistently receives high marks as an educator, orchestrator, and coach. He has worked with more than 17 client companies, in more than 35 distinct programs, and delivered in North and South America, Asia, and Europe. Client companies include Fidelity Investments, Sun Life Financial, The Nature Conservancy, Altera, PwC, Norwegian Shipowners Association, and Microsoft. His areas of expertise include strategic thinking, organization design, leadership communication and collaboration. Bruce is the co-author of "How Leaders of Multi-business Groups Can Add Value," published in Strategy & Leadership.
In his coaching practice he works with leaders from the Director level on up through the C-suite. He helps clients develop critical leadership behaviors. He also helps recently promoted clients understand the expectations of their new roles, and reduce the time it takes for them to be fully effective. His clients include executives at several global pharmaceutical companies, a global player in industrial distribution, a leading global executive search firm, a leading global advertising agency, a global packaged foods company, and one of the largest retailers in the US.
Before starting his own firm in 2000, Bruce was the Vice President for Management & Organization Development at RR Donnelley & Sons, one of the world's largest printing and media services companies. Bruce was responsible for succession planning, executive search, management development, sales training, performance management, and executive team effectiveness. He worked closely with three executive teams - the CEO's, the COO's, and the SVP of Manufacturing's - facilitating their work in developing strategy, rationalizing corporate initiatives, and building the change plan for introducing six sigma.
Prior to that, with Amoco Corporation, he developed and taught case discussions, simulations, and lectures on strategic thinking and building organizational capabilities, for the top 3,300 executives and managers of the corporation, as a member of a ground-breaking executive education faculty team that built Amoco's executive development center from the ground up.
Also at Amoco, as a director of Amoco's internal consulting firm, he lead a team of consultants and developed and delivered high impact organization effectiveness consulting projects ranging from business process redesign to leadership team alignment and coaching, for the Marketing, Refining, and Logistics sectors of the company.
Earlier in his career, as a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group, he provided research, analysis, and facilitated decision-making for clients setting marketing strategy, assessing acquisition targets, and integrating acquired operations. With The Forum Corporation, a leading provider of management and sales training, Bruce developed new products, built new client relationships as an account executive, and managed large custom projects.
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- Professor, Learning Sciences
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- Professor, Statistics / Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
- Professor, Statistics.
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- Dean of Northwestern University 's School of Education
- Dean, Carlos Montezuma Professor of Education and Social Policy
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy (Lumbee) is dean of Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy and the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Education and Social Policy.
Brayboy came to Northwestern from Arizona State University, where he was the President's Professor in the School of Social Transformation and vice president of social advancement. He also served as senior advisor to the president, director of the Center for Indian Education, and co-editor of the Journal of American Indian Education. From 2007 to 2012, he was visiting President's Professor of Indigenous Education at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
A member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow of the American Educational Research Association, Brayboy's research focuses on intersecting knowledge systems that illuminate the ways that institutional structures both hinder and enable the success of underserved students, staff, and faculty. An anthropologist by training, Brayboy is also concerned about the ways that culture and cultural practices can serve to support Indigenous students and communities.
He is the author or co-author of more than 100 scholarly documents, including nine edited or authored volumes, dozens of articles, book chapters, and policy briefs for the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and the National Academy of Sciences.
He has been a visiting and noted scholar in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway. His work has been supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, the Ford, Mellon, Kellogg, and Spencer Foundations, and several other private and public foundations and organizations.
Over the past 17 years, he and his team have helped prepare more than 165 Native teachers to work in American Indian communities and more than 24 American Indian PhDs.
Brayboy earned his bachelor's degree at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and his master's and Ph.D. (with distinction) at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the father of two sons.
Education
PhD with Distinction, University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Intercultural Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 1995
Political Science, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1990
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy is dean of Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy and the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Education and Social Policy.
A member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow of the American Educational Research Association, Brayboy's research focuses on intersecting knowledge systems that illuminate the ways that institutional structures both hinder and enable the success of underserved students, staff, and faculty. An anthropologist by training, Brayboy is also concerned about the ways that culture and cultural practices can serve to support Indigenous students and communities.
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- Research Scientist
- Instructor, Dual Master 's Degree in Applied Economics and Social and Economic Policy
Burhan Ogut, Ph.D., is a research scientist with over fifteen years of professional experience designing and leading research and evaluation studies in K-12 and postsecondary education, focusing on equity. His research incorporates big data, emerging data mining and machine learning techniques, and traditional experimental and quasi-experimental techniques to explore complex issues concerning accessibility, academic preparedness, and transition to postsecondary education and employment. Burhan earned his doctoral education in Cognitive Psychology with a minor in Statistics at the University of Florida.
Education
PhD, Cognitive Psychology, Statistics, University of Florida, 2008
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- Principal, Working With Groups at Work.
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- Program Coordinator, MS in Education Program
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- President of the National Academy of Education
- Professor
- Professor Emeritus, Learning Sciences
Carol D. Lee is professor emerita (the former Edwina S. Tarry Professor) of Education in the School of Education and Social Policy and in African-American Studies at Northwestern University.
Lee, the president of the National Academy of Education, is best known in academia for her five decades of work helping students from minority backgrounds excel in an environment of low expectations, poverty, negative stereotypes, and other barriers.
She was among the early scholars to scaffold children's everyday experiences as a resource for learning in school. Today her sophisticated ideas behind "cultural modeling" are a standard approach in the field.
In 2021, Lee received the McGraw Prize in Education, the 2021 James Squire Award from the National Council of Teachers of English, and the Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award from the American Educational Research Association, the premier acknowledgment of outstanding achievement and success in education research.
She is a member of the National Academy of Education in the United States, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the American Educational Research Association, a fellow of the National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy, a member of the Reading Hall of Fame, and a former fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences.
Lee received her doctorate from the University of Chicago. She is a past president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), AERA's past representative to the World Educational Research Association, past vice-president of Division G (Social Contexts of Education) of the American Educational Research Association, past president of the National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy, and past co-chair of the Research Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English.
She received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Council of Teachers of English, Scholars of Color Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Educational Research Association, the Walder Award for Research Excellence at Northwestern University, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Illinois-Urbana, the President's Pacesetters Award from the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, a Presidential Citation from the American Educational Research Association and an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
She has led two international delegations in education on behalf of the People to People's Ambassador Program to South Africa and the People's Republic of China. She is the author or co-editor of three books, the most recent Culture, Literacy and Learning: Taking Bloom in the Midst of the Whirlwind, four monographs, and has published over 108 journal articles and book or handbook chapters in the field of education.
Her research addresses cultural supports for learning that include a broad ecological focus, with attention to language and literacy and African-American youth. Her 54-year career includes teaching English Language Arts at the high school and community college levels. She was also a primary grade teacher and university professor.
She founded three African-centered schools, including two charter schools under the umbrella of the Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools (est. 1998) where she serves as chair of the board of directors. She is married to Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti, poet and publisher of Third World Press, and is the mother of three adult children and four grandchildren. Together they have six adult children and nine grandchildren.
Education
PhD, Education (Curriculum and Instruction), University of Chicago, 1991
MA, English, University of Chicago, 1969
BA, The Teaching of Secondary School English, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1966
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- Executive
- Principal, Executive Coaching Connections, LLC / Instructor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program
- Principal, Executive Coaching Connections, LLC.
Cassandra Mitchell uses her executive coaching and organizational consulting skills to develop great leaders and teams. She has more than 20 years of experience in helping clients achieve their business goals by delivering a range of services from one-to-one leadership coaching to large-scale organizational design.
Cassandra has provided executive coaching, needs assessment, leadership development, program design and development for educational institutions, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and CPG. Her coaching and development work has helped leaders and teams at Astellas, Aurora Health Care, Baxter International, Kraft Foods, Classic Residence by Hyatt, Charter Manufacturing, ITW, Scot Forge, Scholle IPN, University of Chicago. US Foods and Zurich Financial.
Cassandra is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University. She teaches Coaching for Learning and Performance and Coaching Fieldwork for the Master's program in Learning and Organizational Change. In addition, she is adjunct coaching faculty for the Kellogg School of Management.
Prior to consulting, Cassandra worked for Bank One, the sixth largest bank-holding company in the U.S. with over 75,000 employees. During her 14-year tenure at Bank One, she held a variety of positions including assignments in the Commercial Banking and Credit Card Divisions. As first vice president and national learning design manager, she oversaw a team of instructional and web-based designers responsible for management, leadership, and professional development curricula based on leadership competencies and organizational business goals. Prior to Bank One, Cassandra worked in training and organizational development at Loyola University and Medical Center, impacting employee and student development.
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- Chief of Staff to the Executive Dean
- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy
- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy / Chief of Staff to the Executive Dean, University of Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago
Catherine Grimsted currently serves as Chief of Staff to the Executive Dean at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. She is a leader in higher education administration with over 25 years of experience advancing excellence across finance & planning, information technology, human resources, change management, and communications. Previously, she served as Associate Dean for Finance & Administration at the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, Northwestern University. Earlier, she was Associate Dean for Finance & Planning at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. She began her career in higher education focused on budget planning with responsibility for one-third of schools/units across Northwestern University. Grimsted earned her bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Stanford University. She completed her master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago, with a concentration in finance. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Beta Gamma Sigma honorary societies.
Cecelia Burokas is an independent consultant whose company, Working with Groups at Work, specializes in strategic planning, change management, coaching, and nonprofit board development. Prior work includes Consulting Practice Leader for the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, consultant with Hewitt Associates' Organizational Effectiveness global practice, and Vice President, Learning and Development with Talman Home Federal Savings. She is currently a certified career coach with The Five O'Clock Club, a national outplacement and coaching firm.
In addition to teaching and coaching in the MSLOC program, she currently leads undergraduate classes in Organizational Change. She holds an AB degree from Vassar College and an MAT from Reed College. She also completed the one-year program and practicum in Client-Centered Counseling at the Chicago Counseling and Psychotherapy Center. More recently she has studied at the University of Minnesota Split Rock Arts Program and Lill Street Art Center in Chicago.
She has served on a number of not-for-profit boards including Community TV Network, serving Chicago's most at-risk youth by teaching video production and workplace skills through hand-on experiences, and Gang of Toes, a dance ensemble (of which she is a member) that performs interactive programs for nursing home residents. She loves/hates the Cubs, learns every day about group dynamics and conflict resolution from her adopted parrots, and designs and makes one-of-a-kind jewelry that she exhibits locally and online.
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- Distinguished Professor of Instruction
- Professor of Teaching Excellence
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education Program
Cheryl Watkins has been teaching for the MSED program since 2016 but took took a break for a couple of years. She returned in 2022.
Cheryl has been working in P-12 learning since 1988 with a focus on high quality instruction, school leadership, equitable access to education and specialized education. She prepares teacher leaders because they hold the key to the future of students who will then impact schools and classrooms and ultimately change the world.
When she is not teaching an MSED course, she is in seminary with hopes of becoming a hospital chaplain. And, when not taking classes, she conducts professional learning sessions on emotional intelligence, leadership and issues of race and equity in education for school districts in Illinois.
Education
PhD, Special Education, University of Illinois at Chicago
MEd, Special Education (Vocational Education), University of Illinois at Chicago
BA, Special Education (EMH), Chicago State University
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Cheryl Y. Judice holds a PhD in sociology from Northwestern University, where she is a practicum instructor in Human Development and Psychological Services, and Social Policy, within the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP). She has taught sociology, social psychology and African American studies at Lake Forest College, Northeastern Illinois University and Northwestern University. Her research focuses on the intersections of race, class and gender and she has published two books on the topic of interracial relationships:
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- Instructional Design and Technology Consultant, Higher Education Administration and Policy Program
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- Research Assistant Professor in the Learning Sciences Department of the School
Christa Haverly is a Research Assistant Professor in the Learning Sciences Department of the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. After obtaining her Ph.D. at Michigan State University in Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education, she started at Northwestern University as a postdoctoral fellow. Her professional background before pursuing academia was as an elementary school teacher, with a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Boston College. Dr. Haverly's research interests are situated in the field of elementary science education. She is interested in elementary teachers' responsiveness to students' sensemaking in science classrooms from both a disciplinary and an equity lens. She is also interested in how schools and school districts organize in support of instructional improvements in elementary science. At home, she has a daughter in preschool and a dog and enjoys traveling with her family and tending her small balcony garden.
Education
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2019
M.S., Nova Southeastern University, 2008
B.A., Boston College, 2002
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- Senior Advisor, MS in Education Program
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- Associate Professor, Learning Sciences.
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- Adjunct Lecturer, SESP Undergraduate Program
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- Lawyer Taylor Professor of Education and Social Policy.
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- Associate Dean, School of Education and Social Policy
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- Instructor, Master of Science in Education Program
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education
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- Professor, Human Development and Social Policy.
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- Instructor, Master of Science in Education
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- Professor Emeritus, Human Development and Social Policy
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- the Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Psychology.
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- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy.
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- Research Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education
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- Research Data Analyst, Office of Community Education Partnerships
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- Instructor and Coach, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program.
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- Professor, Learning Sciences.
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- Director of Program Engagement and Outreach, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program
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- Margaret Walker Alexander Professor of Human Development and Social Policy.
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- Chief People Officer, Relativity.
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- Adjunct Faculty Member
- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education
Dr. Anne Roloff is an adjunct faculty member in the Northwestern Master of Science in Education program. She also serves as the Assistant Regional Superintendent for Education Leadership at the DuPage Regional Office of Education. She retired from Niles Township High School District 219, where she served as the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction for ten years. She has served as a teacher in downstate Illinois, and an administrator in several districts throughout the Chicago suburbs. Anne has worked in unit, elementary, and high school districts. She has been involved with the ASCD organization, both at the national and state levels. She also served as president of Illinois ASCD from 2010-2012.
Education
Phd, Education Administration, University of Iowa, 2000
MS, Educational Administration, Western Illinois University, 1991
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- Adjunct Faculty, Master of Science in Education
Dr. Bahareh Sahebi is a core faculty member of the MS in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Northwestern University's Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies. She holds a doctorate in psychology in clinical psychology and is a practicing licensed marriage and family therapist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. Dr. Sahebi teaches Child and Adolescent Development (MSEd 405) in the MS in education program within the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University.
Education
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, The Family Institute at Northwestern University, 2019
Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, 2017
Predoctoral Psychology Internship (APA accredited), The State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, 2017
M.A., Marriage and Family Therapy, Adler University, 2012
B.A., Psychology, Sociology, Northern Illinois University, 1999
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- Professor of Education and Social Policy
- Professor of Human Development and Social Policy
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- Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences
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- Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education.
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- Professor of Statistics and Data Science.
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- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy.
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- Assistant Dean for Research
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- Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy.
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- Instructor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program
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- Research Assistant Professor
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- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy.
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- Program Administrator, MS in Learning and Organizational Change
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education
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- Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education
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- Director of Communications
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- Business Administrator, Center for Talent Development
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- Professor Emerita, Learning Sciences
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- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy
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- Coach, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program
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- Program Coordinator, Office of Community Education Partnerships
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- Assistant Director of Programs, Center for Talent Development
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- Instructor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program
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- Instructor, MS in Learning & Organizational Change Program
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- Instructor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program.
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- Senior Academic Advisor, Student Affairs
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- Professor, Computer Science.
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- Customer Success Leader, LinkedIn
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- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy.
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- Assistant Vice President, International Relations.
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- Associate Dean for Innovation and Program Development.
- Executive Director, Master 's and Executive Programs in Learning and Organizational Change / Associate Dean for Innovation and Program Development, School of Education and Social Policy
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- Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy.
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- Founding Director of Student Enrichment Services, Northwestern University.
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- Research Study Coordinator, Human Development and Social Policy
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education
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- Senior Career Advisor, Higher Education Administration and Policy Program
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- Assistant Vice President for Inclusion and Chief of Staff in Student Affairs.
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- Assistant Professor of Instruction
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- Senior Director, Knowledge Management, YMCA of the USA.
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- Director, Higher Education Administration and Policy Program
- Director, Higher Education Administration and Policy.
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- Lorraine Morton Professor of Learning Sciences and Computer Science.
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- Childhood Education, University of Phoenix
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- Senior Research Study Coordinator, Learning Sciences
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- the Karr Family Associate Professor in Computer Science and Learning Sciences
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education Program
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- Margaret Walker Alexander Professor of Human Development and Social Policy.
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- Lecturer, Teachers College.
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- Director, Academic Support & Learning Advancement.
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education
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- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy
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- Associate Director for Academic Advising and Enrollment, Higher Education Administration and Policy Program
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education.
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- Instructor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program.
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- Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
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- Professor of Learning Sciences
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- Director of Faculty Services and Doctoral Student Affairs
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- Assistant Professor, MS in Learning & Organizational Change Program
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- Faculty Director of Student Access and Enrichment.
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- Senior Director, Information Technology
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- Professor and Program Coordinator, Learning Sciences.
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- Assistant Director of Coaching.
- Associate Director of Coaching, MS in Learning and Organizational Change
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- Director, Dual Masters of Science in Applied Economics and Social and Economic Policy.
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- Assistant Professor of Instruction
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- Lecturer, SESP Undergraduate Programs
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- Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor of Learning Sciences.
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Social Policy.
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- Diversity & Inclusion Program Manager, Wintrust Financial Corporation.
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- Alice Hamilton Professor of Learning Sciences.
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- CEO, Talent.Imperative Inc.
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- Research Associate Professor, Education and Social Policy.
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- Professor, Human Development and Social Policy.
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- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Psychology
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- Frances Willard Professor, Human Development and Social Policy.
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- Director, Center for Education Efficacy, Excellence, and Equity
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- Assistant Professor of Instruction
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- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy.
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- Education and Social Policy.
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education Program
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- Assistant Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
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- Assistant Coordinator, Online Programs, Center for Talent Development
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- Community Fellow, the Northwestern - Evanston Education Research Alliance ( NEERA ) Research Practice Partnership
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- Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator
- Student Advisor and Curriculum & Assessment Coordinator, MS in Education Program
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- Professor, Learning Sciences
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- Chief Talent Officer, Leo Burnett U.S.
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- Assistant Professor of Instruction
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- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy.
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- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy.
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- Lead Tech Support Specialist, Information Technology
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- Associate Director of Academic Affairs, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program
- Associate Professor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program
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- Assistant Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
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- Vice President of Talent Management and Organization Development, NorthShore University Health System.
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- Professor, Learning Sciences.
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education Program
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- Associate Professor of Instruction
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- Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
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- Research Study Assistant, Human Development and Social Policy
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education
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- Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
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- Assistant Professor of Instruction
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- Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
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- Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy
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- Education and Social Policy
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- Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy.
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- Adunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education.
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- Instructor, MS in Learning and Organizational Change Program
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- Director, Center for Talent Development.
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- Associate Professor, Human Development & Social Policy
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- Adjunct Faculty, Master of Science in Education
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- Instructor, MS Learning and Organizational Change Program.
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- Vice President, Professional Services, Ounce of Prevention.
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- Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education Program.
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- Associate Professor, ( by Courtesy ) Human Development and Social Policy
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education
Financial Assistant 3, Faculty Services and Doctoral Student Affairs
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- Adjunct Lecturer, Master of Science in Education.
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- Lorraine Morton Professor of Learning Sciences and Computer Science.
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- Senior Program Coordinator, SESP Leadership Institute, Student Affairs
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- Partner, RHR International.
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- Assistant Director, Engagement and Outreach, MS in Learning and Organizational Change
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- Associate Professor, Social Psychology
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- Assistant Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
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- Senior Research Study Coordinator, Human Development and Social Policy