Keynote Information

Dr. Arthur W. Chickering

Arthur Chickering is Special Assistant to the President of Goddard College. He is the author of many publications, including Education and Identity ( 1969, 1993 ), Commuting Versus Resident Students: Overcoming Educational Inequities of Living Off Campus (1974) , The Modern American College: Responding to the New Realities of Diverse Students and a Changing Society (1981 ), Improving Higher Education Environments for Adults: Responsive Programs and Services from Entry to Departure (1989 , with N.K. Schlossberg and A.Q. Lynch), Getting the Most Out of College, ( 1995, 2001), with Nancy Schlossberg) and Encouraging Authenticity and Spirituality in Higher Education, (2006), with Jon Dalton and Liesa Stamm, and How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus: from Polarization to Moral Conversation, Robert Nash and Demethra Sha Bradley..

He has received the American Council on Education 1969 book award for Education and Identity, the E.F. Lindquist Award from the American Educational Research Association for his studies of college impacts on student development, the Outstanding Service Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, the Distinguished Contribution to Knowledge Award from the American College Personnel Association, the Distinguished Service Award from the Council for Independent Colleges, and the Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award for the Association for the Study of Higher Education, for extraordinary contributions to research, leadership and service.

Dr. Reynol Junco

Reynol Junco is an Associate Professor in the Department of Academic Development and Counseling and the Director of Disability Services at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Junco holds his Doctor of Education in Counselor Education with a focus on College Student Personnel from The Pennsylvania State University. He is also a graduate of the University of Florida with a B.S. in Psychology. Dr. Junco's research interests include examining student development, engagement, and academic success through the use of technology. He is also interested in first year and transfer student success, online survey design, and psychometric assessment. Dr. Junco has conducted numerous faculty and staff workshops focusing on using technology in the classroom and in student affairs to help engage students. He has presented extensively on the topic of Net Generation student culture, slang, technology use, and music preferences.

Dr. Junco's publications have focused on college student technology use. He has recently finished co-editing a volume entitled Using emerging technologies to enhance student engagement for the Jossey-Bass New Directions for Student Services series. Last year, he published a book through NASPA entitled Connecting to the Net Generation: What higher education professionals need to know about today's students. Dr. Junco has recently written the “Wired Window” series for the latest revision of the Gardner , Jewler, and Barefoot textbook, Your college experience: Strategies for success.

Louise Stivers-Scott, Upper Iowa University

Louise Stivers-Scott is the Dean of Student Development at Upper Iowa University, Fayette Campus. As the Dean of Student Development, she oversees the departments of Campus Security, Career Development, Counseling Services, Disabilities, Residence Life, Student Leadership & Student Activities. One of her most recent projects has been the development and implementation of the University’s emergency management plan. Louise has been serving students for over 26 years.

Nicci Port, Iowa State University

Nicci has worked with college students since 1997, first as a hall director for 7 years (at Minnesota State University - Mankato, Iowa State University & Winona State University) and then as a coordinator of student assistance services in the Dean of Students Office at Iowa State University for 4 years. In her student assistance role, she helped students and families navigate Iowa State and provided university response to situations involving students' self-inflicted harm. She was a part of the development team that created the structured approach to student harm that is now used at ISU and was the person for the university who conducted individual interventions with students after incidents occurred. She looks forward to sharing her thoughts on developing approaches to student self-harm, utilizing technology in case management, and cross-collaboration between concerned departments on campus.