Faculty & Staff - HED : College of Education, University of Arizona

Director and Professor:
Dr. Gary Rhoades

Center for the Study of Higher Education
The University of Arizona College of Education
Room 321
P.O. Box 210069
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0069
Phone: 520-626-7313
Fax: 520-621-1875
E-mail

Higher Education

John Cheslock - Associate Professor

Ph.D., Cornell University

Research: Economics of higher education, Higher education policy

Teaching: Higher education finance statistics

Regina Deil-Amen - Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Northwestern University

Research: Sociology of Education and Higher Education, Transition to College, Educational Stratification/Inequality, Community College Students’ Aspirations and Persistence, and Race, Ethnicity and Social Class in Educational Settings
Teaching: Two-Year Colleges and Transitions in Higher Education, Sociology of Community Colleges, Student Transitions Into and Out of College, Qualitative Methods

Jenny J. Lee - Assistant Professor

Lee, Jenny J. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Research: Organizational change, national and international access to higher education, service learning and outreach
Teaching: Service learning and outreach, student development, research design

Jeffrey F. Milem - Professor, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Research: Racial dynamics in higher education, the educational outcomes of diversity, the impact of college on students, and the condition and status of the professorate
Teaching: The College Student, Race, Class And Gender in Higher Education, Higher Education in the U.S.

Alma Maldonado-Maldonado - Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Boston College

Research: Comparative higher education

Francisco Marmolejo - Affiliated Researcher

M.B.A., Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi

Research: Administration and international initiatives

Gary Rhoades - Professor
grhoades@email.arizona.edu

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Research: Restructuring of professions and institutions in higher education, Academic unions, Science and technology studies, Sociology of education
Teaching: Organization and administration, Strategic positioning, Qualitative research methods

Cecilia Rios Aguilar - Assistant Professor

Cecilia Rios Aguilar Ph.D.,University of Rochester

Research: Funds of Knowledge, social capital, cultural capital, human capital, education production function analysis for Latina/o students, educational policies targeted to Latina/o students, academic preparation and access to higher education, hierarchical linear modeling, and program evaluation.
Teaching:Funds of Knowledge and Forms of Capital, Survey Research Methods, Education Policy, Quantitative Methods

Dudley B. Woodard, Jr. - Professor, Emeritus

Dudley Woodard Ph.D., Ohio University

Research: Higher education policy, Assessment and retention, Minority success
Teaching: Student personnel services in higher education, The college student, Student services and the law

Staff

Sara J. Kersels - Administrative Assistant

B.A., Maryville University