Laurie Behringer

Laurie Behringer is a doctoral candidate in the Higher Education Administration program. Originally from New York, Laurie attended Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland where she received a B.A. with a double major in English Literature and Philosophy. Later, she completed a M.A. in English and American Literature from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at New York University after developing a thesis on the development of the 19th century African American novel as a tool for early social and civil rights movements. Laurie worked as an administrator in the New York University School of Medicine’s Deans’ Office where she created and managed the School’s first Postdoctoral Program for the more than 350 postdoctoral scientists engaged in laboratory research at the School of Medicine’s institutes, and was a founding member of the School’s Future Science Educators club, an organization that provides mentoring activities for graduate students and postdocs who wish to pursue professorial opportunities.
As a student researcher at the Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy, some of the projects Laurie has been involved in include: the National Commission on Asian American Research in Higher Education, the impact of remedial education policies in the City University of New York system, and a study of residential migration patterns in California that may have ramifications for Black students seeking access to public higher education opportunities in the state. Currently, Laurie is working on her dissertation that will apply an organizational theoretical model to better understand the perceptions and behavioral patterns of remedial education students in community colleges. Laurie also co-founded the Association of Higher Education Doctoral students (AHED) at Steinhardt to support the development and networking of students and candidates in the Higher Ed program.

Daniel Choi

Daniel Choi earned his Bachelors degree at the University of California, Irvine in Sociology and Asian American Studies and went on to pursue a profession in Student Affairs at the University of Southern California as an Admissions Counselor in the Marshall School of Business. From there, he pursued his Master’s in Education in Postsecondary Education and Students Affairs at USC. During his academic career at USC he served as a graduate assistant in the Office of Student Services at the Rossier School of Education and the Office of Orientation. He continued his student affairs career at the California State University, Los Angeles dealing with Student Government and Activities. Then he made his way to NYU to pursue his doctoral degree in Higher Education Administration.
Currently, he is a graduate assistant in the Steinhardt School of Education’s Office of Student Services and Counseling. He assists in the development of programs, national scholarship competitions, and is Co-Instructor/Advisor for the MLK Scholars Program. He is on the CARES research team directed by Dr. Robert Teranishi. Daniel’s research interests deal with access and equity for minority students and student identity development.

Michael Klein

Mike is the director of government relations for the New Jersey Association of State Colleges & Universities. He joined ASCU in 1998 and is responsible for managing legislative, regulatory, and labor affairs. A doctoral candidate in the Higher Education Administration program, Mike’s research interest is in governance, particularly of public institutions. He is also interested in intellectual property issues. Mike was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He received a bachelor’s degree in history cum laude from Princeton University, and a law degree from Boston College Law School. Before joining ASCU, Mike served as an assistant counsel to Governor Whitman, as the legislative director for a New Jersey legislator, and as an associate at the law firm of Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch.

Before law school, he was an aide to Governor Tom Kean. Mike was a fellow of the Institute of Higher Education Law and Governance at the University of Houston Law Center in 2003. He serves on the boards of trustees of the Princeton Center for Jewish Life and the Family Guidance Center, a consortium of behavioral healthcare services. Mike has published free-lance articles in The New York Times, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated.