Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

lt;p>Editorial Board:

Ann Austin, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

Nicholas A Bowman, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA

Pamela Eddy, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA

Nicholas Hillman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

Shouping Hu, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

Adrianna Kezar, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Anna Neumann, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, USA

Anne-Marie Nunez, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

Laura W. Perna (Editor-in-Chief), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Marvin Titus, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Laura W. Perna is Vice Provost for Faculty, GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education, and Executive Director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). Her research uses various methodological approaches to identify how social structures, educational practices, and public policies promote and limit college access and success, particularly for groups that are underrepresented in higher education. Recent publications include Improving research-based knowledge of college promise programs (with Edward Smith, 2020, AERA), Taking it to the streets: The role of scholarship in advocacy and advocacy in scholarship (2018, Johns Hopkins University Press), and The Attainment Agenda: State policy leadership for higher education (with Joni Finney, 2014, Johns Hopkins University Press). She has served as President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Vice President of the Post secondary Division of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and Chair of Penn's Faculty Senate. She is a member of the Gates Commission on the Value of Post secondary Education and the Board of Directors for the Post secondary National Policy Institute (PNPI). Among other honors, she has received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching from the University of Pennsylvania, Early Career Achievement Award from ASHE, Excellence in Public Policy in Higher Education Award from ASHE's Council on Public Policy and Higher Education, Dr. Constance Clayton Education Award from the Philadelphia College Prep Round table, and Robert P. Huff Golden Quill Award from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. She is also a member of the National Academy of Education and a Fellow of AERA.

Autobiographical essay.- istoriographic Review of Collegiate Admissions.- Understanding and Conceptualizing Racialized College Affordability: A Focus on Latinx Students.- A Critical Examination of College Student Activism from 2000-2020.- College student mental health.- Beyond the Competencies: Adaptive Community College Leadership.- The Emotions in Postsecondary Teaching & Learning.- Using Nudge Science to Re-Imagine Faculty Work Environments.- Applying Cultural Historical Activity Theory to transform higher education.- A five-stage model of scandal emergence and institution response at US colleges and universities: Synthesis of the literature and agenda for future research.- State Higher Education Policy Innovations.- Approaches to Descriptives  Analysis Higher Education.- Examining the Use of Critical Policy Analysis in Higher Education Research.