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Amanda Nix
Dr. Amanda N. Nix is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Center for Postsecondary Success. Her current research focuses on two curricular reforms at work in the Florida College System—math pathways and SB 1720—and the consequences of each, particularly for advisors, faculty, and certain student…
Brad Cox
Dr. Bradley E. Cox is an Associate Professor of Higher Education in Florida State University’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, where he is also a Senior Research Associate with the Center for Postsecondary Success (CPS). Dr. Cox is also the Founder and Executive…
Difei Li
Difei Li is Policy & Research Analyst at the Center for Postsecondary Success. She is also a PhD candidate at the Higher Education program in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy & Human Development, School of Education, North Carolina State University. Prior to NC State,…
Fengfeng Ke
Dr. Ke’s research has been funded by National Science Foundation, Spencer Foundation, and MacArthur Foundation. She has authored and co-authored many articles that have been published in academic journals such as Computers and Education, Educational Technology Research & Development, International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning,…
Hayley Spencer
Hayley Spencer is a graduate research assistant at the Center for Postsecondary Success serving on the quantitative team. She is a Ph.D. student in the Higher Education program at Florida State University.
Hollie Daniels
Hollie Daniels serves as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Center for Postsecondary Success and is currently a doctoral student in Florida State University’s Education Policy and Evaluation program. After earning her Associate’s degree in 2011 from Chipola College, Hollie graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences in 2013 and went on to earn her Master’s degree in Student Personnel in Higher Education from the University of Florida in 2015.
Jamaal Harrison
Jamaal A. Harrison is a Graduate Research Assistant in the Center for Postsecondary Success. He is also a doctoral student in Florida State’s higher education program. His research interests include African American male social identity development, transgender students’ experiences in cisgender-normative contexts, and the historical effects the Transatlantic Slave Trade has had on modern-day African American students and education systems.
Jesse Ford
Jesse Ford serves as a graduate research assistant providing administrative support to the CPS team. He is a doctoral student in the Higher Education program at Florida State University (FSU). His research interests include the influence of race and gender on graduate education and how…
Lara Perez-Felkner
Dr. Lara Perez-Felkner is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Sociology in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Florida State University. Her research uses developmental and sociological perspectives to examine how young people’s social contexts influence their college and career outcomes.…
Rebecca Brower
Dr. Rebecca L. Brower is a Research Faculty member at the Center for Postsecondary Success. Her research focuses on diversity policies in higher education and how those policies facilitate student encounters with difference. She enjoys mentoring students in research methods and has taught qualitative research methods at Florida State University.
Christine G. Mokher
Dr. Christine G. Mokher is an Associate Professor of Higher Education in Florida State University’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, where she is also a Senior Research Associate with the Center for Postsecondary Success (CPS). Her research examines state and local policies focused on college- and career-readiness and success, with a particular emphasis on student transitions from secondary to postsecondary education.
Shouping Hu
Dr. Shouping Hu is Professor of Higher Education, the Louis W. and Elizabeth N. Bender Endowed Professor, and the founding director of the Center for Postsecondary Success (CPS) at Florida State University.
Tamara Bertrand Jones
Tamara Bertrand Jones currently serves as an Associate Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at The Florida State University.