Thriving in College and Beyond: Research-Based Strategies for Academic Success and Personal Development (2023)

José B Cuseo

joe cuso He has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Evaluation from the University of Iowa and is Professor Emeritus of Psychology. For more than 25 years, he has directed Freshman Seminar, a foundation course for college success required of all new students.
A 14-time recipient of the campus "faculty member of the year" award, a student-focused award based on effective teaching and academic advising; a recipient of the "Outstanding Freshman Advocate Award" from the National Resource Center for the Freshman Experience and Transitioning Students; and she received the "Diamond Honoree Award" from the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) for contributions to student development and the profession of Student Affairs.
+++__Joe currently serves as an Educational Advisor and Consultant for AVID, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote college access and college success for underserved student populations. He has delivered hundreds of campus workshops and conference presentations throughout North America, as well as in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.

aaron thompson

Aaron Thompson is a nationally recognized leader in higher education with a focus on policy, student success, and leadership and organizational design. He serves as president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education and as a professor of sociology in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. He most recently served as interim president of Kentucky State University. Thompson has a Ph.D. in sociology in the areas of organizational behavior and race and gender relations.

His leadership experience spans 27 years in higher education, business, and various nonprofit boards. Thompson has researched, taught, and consulted in the areas of diversity, leadership, ethics, multicultural families, race and ethnic relations, student success, freshmen, retention, cultural competency, and organizational design throughout her career.

As a sought-after national speaker, Thompson has presented more than 800 workshops, seminars, and invited lectures in the areas of racial and gender diversity, living an unbiased life, overcoming obstacles to success, creating a school climate for academic success, cultural competency, workplace interaction, leadership, organizational goal setting, relationship building, freshman seminar, and a variety of other topics. She continues to serve as a consultant to educational institutions (elementary, secondary, and post-secondary), corporations, non-profit organizations, police departments, and other government agencies.

Thompson has published more than 30 publications and numerous peer-reviewed research and presentations. He is the author or co-author of the following books:Changing the student culture from the beginning,The sociological perspective,Infuse diversity and cultural competence into teacher education,Peer Leadership: Changing Student Culture from the Ground Up. He was also a co-authorThriving in College and Beyond: Research-Based Strategies for Academic Success,Thriving in Community College and Beyond: Research-Based Strategies for Academic Success and Personal Development,Diversity and college experience,focus on successmiblack men and divorce.

Michele Campaña

Michele Campaña, Ed.D., is executive director of the Center for Student Counseling and Transitions at Montclair State University in New Jersey. Dr. Campagna provides leadership for a comprehensive and holistic program designed to retain and engage freshmen, freshmen, sophomores, and transfer students. Dr. Campagna has more than 20 years of experience teaching a variety of first-year courses and providing counseling services for transitioning students at two- and four-year institutions.

Dr. Campagna detém um Ed.D. He did not ensino superior and received the “Outstanding First Year Student Advocate Award” from the National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. Ela is the author of "New Student Experience: A Holistic and Collaborative Approach to Freshman Retention" atExploring the Evidence: Campus-Wide Initiatives in the Freshman Year of College, published by the National Resource Center for the Freshman Experience and Students in Transition. Campagna, MD, has presented at many state and national conferences on designing and implementing student engagement and retention, strategic planning, assessment, and diversity initiatives.

Viki S Fecas

Viki Medias Fezhas a doctorate in educational administration from the University of South Carolina (USC). In his role as Freshman and Freshman Program Manager, she coordinated the career component for the more than 150 chapters of the number one ranked University 101 program in the nation. She has served as a career resource for visiting international scholars at the National Resource Center (NRC).

Viki served as an adjunct professor in USC's graduate program in Higher Education and Student Affairs. She was recognized as theExcellent first year attorneyin 1996. He attended College 101 as a freshman at USC and has been teaching for over 20 years, including sections dedicated to transfer students. Her research interests revolve around transitioning college students, with a special interest in transfer students. She wrote career chapters for U101.transitionsbook andYour university experience. She has been a regular presenter at the NRC-sponsored National First-Year Experience and Students in Transition conferences.