Marc Roy became Goucher’s Provost in 2007. He previously served as the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He began his career as a biology faculty member at Beloit College, Beloit Wisconsin. Marc earned his PhD in neuroscience from the University of Wisconsin.
Scott E. Evenbeck is Professor of Psychology and Dean of University College at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI). He joined the faculty at IUPUI in psychology in 1972, after completing his Ph.D. degree in psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Evenbeck has been involved for many years in the design and assessment of general education, including the development, ongoing implementation, and assessment of IUPUI’s outcomes for student learning. He has also played a major role in various P-16 initiatives to support student academic achievement and in retention initiatives for Indiana higher education. He has given over 100 presentations on serving entering students and many articles and chapters on enhancing student academic achievement and persistence. He represented IUPUI in the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Greater Expectations project and has served as a Task Force Advisor in the Foundations of Excellence in the First College Year. Evenbeck also serves as a resource faculty member at the Summer Quality Academy and as a consultant to several campuses in the BEAMS project. He served on the Advisory Board for the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. Evenbeck serves on the faculty for the Summer Institute on Learning Communities with the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education and on accreditation teams for three regional associations.
Beth E. Barnett is the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs at Ramapo College, New Jersey’s Public Liberal Arts College. She assumed this position in July 2006. Prior to coming to Ramapo College, Dr. Barnett held the position of provost and vice president for academic affairs at The University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. Among her accomplishments at Scranton, Dr. Barnett expanded the Office for International Initiatives and Scholars, leading to increased study abroad participation and increased scholarly activities surrounding global issues; in consultation with a faculty advisory group and the Dean of the Library and Information Fluency, developed the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, servicing an expanded number of students with need of academic support and initiated the Faculty Advancement series featuring talks and discussions on issues related to teaching; promoted an integrated model (across Academic and Student Affairs and Ministry and Mission) for the First Year Experience through work with the CIC sponsored Foundations of Excellence; supervised the Fellowship Office and supported initiatives to increase medical school acceptance; and expanded faculty development opportunities to include grants for interdisciplinary, international, mentoring, applied learning and education for justice initiatives.
Dr. Barnett also served as dean of the Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies at Salisbury University in Maryland; dean of the School of Education and Human Service and graduate program coordinator for counseling at Manhattan College in New York City; and coordinator of the master’s program in motor development at Columbia University in New York City.
She received a doctor of education degree, a master of education degree and a master of arts from Columbia University; an MBA from Regis University; and a bachelor’s degree from the University System of Pennsylvania. Most of her published articles have been devoted to issue concerning childhood development, with an emphasis on language skills and motor development.
Dr. Isiaah Crawford has worked in higher education for 20 years. He was appointed Provost of Seattle University in July 2008. Prior to his post at Seattle University, he was a tenured Professor of Psychology at Loyola University Chicago and taught broadly in his field and served in several key leadership positions including Chairperson of the Department of Psychology (1987-2002) and Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences (2003-2008).
Dr. Crawford received his B.A. in Psychology from St. Louis University in 1982 and completed his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from DePaul University in 1987. He serves on the Board Directors of the American Conference of Academic Deans and is the former President of the Board of Directors of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and the Clinical Psychologists Licensing & Disciplinary Board of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. He is a well published scholar in the areas of human sexuality and health promotion and his work has been nationally recognized with several awards, including two from the American Psychological Association.
