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Dr. Emily Rónay Johnston earned her PhD in English Studies from Illinois State University. Her teaching and research focus on first-year writing as a critical space for cultivating student resilience. Emily has served as the associate director and a lecturer in the Dimensions of Culture Writing...

Dr. Barnes earned his Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from University of California, Davis. His research focuses on academic resilience in first-generation students of color, resilience-building systems, resilience narratives, help-giving and help-receiving dynamics in higher education, strengths...

Eileen has a degree in English (B.A.) and graduate degrees (M.A. and Ed.D.) in Higher Education. Since 1997, she has been an instructor, curriculum designer, and faculty pedagogy coordinator. She spent five years as director of a university writing program, which included chairing the Developmental...

Holly Fulton Osborn earned her BA in Education, her MA in Creative Writing, and her PhD in American Literature. She now works as a Lecturer in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies Department at University of Kentucky. Her research interests include first year writing pedagogy, American...

Maria obtained her B.A. in Psychology at UC Riverside in 2016, her M.A. in Psychological Sciences at UC Merced in 2018, and her Ph.D. in Psychological Sciences at UC Merced. Maria’s research interests include the resilience process of stress, emotion regulation, coping, and health during the high...

Erin Goldin, Ph.D., uses narrative analysis to explore the role of dispositions (like resilience) in relation to academic literacy development: how dispositions generate action and shape perception, how dispositions are shaped by experiences, and how dispositions function in relation to context.

Taylor’s research interests include Innovation Theory and Practice, Organizational Behavior, Workplace Power Dynamics, Diversity, Women in Technology, Paradox Theory, Gender. She earned her PhD in Management of Complex Systems (MIST) in August 2024 from the University of California, Merced; holds a...

Ana Kogl (Ph.D.) earned her degree in Political Theory from the University of Maryland. She currently holds a position at the University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls) where she specializes in the study of political theory, urban politics and policy, political economy and political geography. Her...

Josiah Beharry is a first generation Critical Race and Ethnic Studies graduate with credentials and progressive experience in creative and research based writing. He is a recently admitted PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Humanities, with research interests in liberatory pedagogy and decolonizing...