Administration, Leadership, and Technology

Higher and Postsecondary Education

Faculty

Program Faculty

Research interests for Higher Education faculty center around educational policy, governance, system performance, the impact of globalization, adult learning, access and equity, racial inequality and college students. The following is a brief overview of each faculty member's background, areas of interest, and class listings. For more details regarding individual faculty members, please click on their name. 

Laurie Behringer, Visiting Assistant Professor and M.A. Program Coordinator

Degrees Held

  • B.A. Loyola College
  • M.A. New York University
  • Ph.D. New York University

Research Interests:

  • Community college learning
  • Sensemaking and remedial education
  • Qualitative methods
Courses Taught
  • HPSE-GE 2088 Research Approaches and Techniques in Post-Secondary Education
  • HPSE-GE 2131 Higher Education and Contemporary Society
Ann Marcus, Professor and Director of The Steinhardt Institute of Higher Education Policy

Degrees Held

  • B.A. Brandeis University
  • M.Sc. The London School of Economics
  • Ed.D. Teachers College, Columbia University

Research Interests

  • Leadership studies
  • Organizational culture
  • Policy focused on issues of access and quality

Courses Taught
Matt Mayhew, Assistant Professor

Degrees Held

  • B.A. Wheaton College
  • M.A. Brandeis University
  • Ph.D. University of Michigan

Research Interests

  • Moral Development of College Students
  • The Impact of College on Students
  • High-Risk Drinking Interventions
  • Student Spirituality 

Courses Taught

  • HPSE-GE 2090 Foundations of Higher Education
  • HPSE-GE 2069 College Student Learning and Development
  • HPSE-GE 3120 Theoretical Research Perspectives on College Students
Teboho Moja, Clinical Professor

Degrees Held

  • B.A./B.Ed. University of the North
  • M.Ed. University of Witwatersrand
  • Ph.D. University of Wisconsin

Research Interests:

  • Higher Education Policy Research
  • Comparative Higher Education
  • African Higher Education
  • Globalization and Higher Education Reform
  Courses Taught
Bridget O'Connor, Professor of Higher Education

Degrees Held

  • B.A. University of Evansville
  • M.S. Indiana University
  • Ph.D. Indiana University

Research Interests:

  • Corporate/university partnerships
  • Transfer of learning
  • Action research

Courses Taught
Richard Richardson, Professor Emeritus

Degrees Held

  • B.S. Castleton State College
  • M.A. Michigan State University
  • Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin

Research Interests:

  • Government Policy and Higher Education Performance
  • Systemic Change in Higher Education
  • Quality Indicators for Higher Education
 
Frances Stage, Professor

Degrees Held

  • B.S. University of Miami
  • M.S. Drexel University
  • Ph.D. Arizona State University

Research Interests

  • Student Preparation and Access to College
  • College student learning, participation in mathematics and science careers
 Courses Taught
Robert Teranishi, Associate Professor

Degrees Held

  • B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz
  • M.A. University of California, Los Angeles
  • Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Research Interests:

  • Access, equity, and diversity in higher education
  • The impact of campus racial climate on student persistence, adjustment, and outcomes
 Courses Taught

Affiliated Faculty

Floyd Hammack, Associate Professor of Educational Sociology and Higher Education

Degrees Held

  • B.A. University of Oregon
  • M.A. University of Oregon
  • Ph.D. Florida State University

Research Interests

  • High School Reform
  • Social Inequality and Education

 Courses Taught

  • SOED-GE 2163 Sociology of Higher Education
Joan Malczewski, Assistant Professor of History and Social Studies

Degrees Held

  • B.A. University of Michigan
  • M.A. Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Ph.D. Columbia University

Research Interests

  • History of American Education
  • Teaching and Learning

 Courses Taught
Catharine Stimpson, Professor of English and Dean Emeritus, Graduate School of Arts and Science

Degrees Held

  • B.A. Bryn Mawr College
  • B.A. Cambridge University
  • M.A. Cambridge University 
  • Ph.D. Columbia University
 Research Interests 
  • Modern Literature
  • Women in Culture and Society
  • Education
 
Harold Wechsler, Professor of Jewish Education and Educational History

Degrees Held

  • A.B. Columbia College, New York City
  • M.A. Columbia University
  • Ph.D. Columbia University

Research Interests

  • Higher Education Governance
  • Business Education
  • The Formation of Curriculum and Disciplines

 Courses Taught

  • HSED-GE 2067 History of Higher Education

 

Adjunct Faculty

Lynne Brown, Senior Vice President for University Relations & Public Affairs

Courses Taught

Erich Dietrich, Assistant Dean for Academic and Global Affairs, NYU Steinhardt

  Courses Taught

Thomas Ellett, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, Office of Residential Life Education

Courses Taught

Steve Hubbard, Director, Student Affairs, McGhee Division, School of Continuing & Professional Studies

  Courses Taught

Alicia Hurley, Vice President for Government Affairs & Community Engagement and Senior VP for University Relations & Public Affairs

Courses Taught

Terrance Nolan, Deputy General Counsel

  Courses Taught

Ruth Shoemaker Wood, Assistant Dean for Students, Faculty of Arts & Science

Courses Taught