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School of Education and Urban Studies Community College Leadership Doctoral Program "Preparing Leaders for 21st Century Community Colleges" Meet the Students TOP

Gayona Beckford

Gayona Beckford is currently employed at Morgan State University as the Supervisor of Revenue/ Cashiering Operations. She also served in numerous administrative positions in education, banking, finance, and cash management in which she received numerous awards and commendations for excellence. She also works extensively with a number organizations and community-based groups. Presently, she is a member of the Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers (EACUBO). She also served as Public Relations Officer for a community-based organization. Gayona received her undergraduate degree in Business Management from Morgan State University and her Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Baltimore. Additionally, her Community College Leadership degree will be confirmed in May of 2003 from Morgan State University. Gayona's area of research is International Education. She will use qualitative and quantitative research to determine strategic leadership commitment to integrating International Education in the curriculum at Community Colleges. Gayona's personal career mission statement is to become a world-class community college president as well as to become an expert in the field of Global/International Education. Her professional, educational, and community service roles will allow her to be well equipped to interact with various constituent groups, which is necessary for her future role as President of a community college.

Margaret B. Brown

B.S and M.S – Morgan State University

My career in education has been spent in the Baltimore City Public School System. My areas of specialty are in reading, curriculum and instruction, staff development, and instructional improvement. My hobbies are reading, traveling, and spending time with my two sons and two granddaughters. Having spent most of my career in public education, I am passionate about improving learning opportunities and achievement for urban, minority students. My area of research interest therefore, is "The Role of Organizational Culture in Closing the Achievement Gap for African-American Students."

Zaneta Brown-Ingles

Zaneta Brown-Ingles is currently teaching at Calvert High School in Prince Frederick, Maryland. Her dissertation topic is High School and Community College Partnerships. She is examining the high schools in the tri-county area of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s Counties. Using a quantitative study, she wants to determine if students who take courses at the College of Southern Maryland while in their junior and senior years in high school have greater success rates in college than those students who selected the traditional pathway.

Kelley Costner

Dissertation topic: The Seventh Principle: Community College Faculty Attitudes/ Beliefs/ Expectations of African American Community College Students

Kelley Costner is a second year doctoral student in the Community College Leadership Program at Morgan State University. She received her M.Ed. from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland and her Bachelor's from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Currently, she serves as a research assistant for the Program Chair of the Community College Leadership Doctoral Program. She was formerly the Assistant Director of Academic Services and Support at Loyola College. She also served as an adjunct English faculty member at the Community College of Baltimore County and Coordinator of the Academic Learning Center at Baltimore City Community College.

Research Interests: African American learners in community colleges and the recruitment and retention of African American women administrators and faculty in higher education.

Contact: kelleycostner@yahoo.com

A. Lois DeLaine

A. Lois DeLaine currently serves as the Director of the Annual Fund at Morgan State University in the Office of Development. She is a seasoned educator whose professional career began as a teacher in the Baltimore City high schools. She also served as an instructor and department chair of business at Morgan State University, and professor and department chair at the Baltimore City Community College (formerly known as the Community College of Baltimore). Mrs. DeLaine received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education at Morgan State University; a Master of Arts degree from Catholic University and a professional diploma for the Post Masters Program. She also matriculated at Virginia State University and Polytechnic Institute. She is currently a second year doctoral student in the Community College Leadership Doctoral Program at Morgan State University. Mrs. DeLaine also serves on the Enterprise Foundation and the Ripe Harvest Foundation.

William Heiser

William L. Heiser is the Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola College in MD. Mr. Heiser's responsibilities include: Research and assessment of learning outcomes and enrollment management; budgets and contract management; engaging in graduate student course audits; as well as maintaining the College of Arts and Sciences' website. In addition, he is responsible for supporting the Dean and Associate Dean in the execution of the College's emerging strategic plan for undergraduate and graduate programs. William is entering his third year in Morgan State University's doctoral program. His dissertation research focuses on leadership and the non-traditional pathways to the community college presidency.

Kenneth Kerr

Kenneth Kerr is an Associate Professor of English and Program Manager of Developmental English at Frederick Community College. He is the immediate past president of the Developmental Education Association of Maryland, a past president of the Mid- Atlantic College Reading Association, and the current National Political Liaison to the National Association for Developmental Education. Ken's current research interest is general education. He is a frequent presenter at state, regional and national professional conferences. He most recently gave a workshop on "Aligning institutional mission to general education goals and objectives in preparation for assessment" at the American Association of Higher Education Assessment Conference in Boston last June. His dissertation topic is "The development of a model to assess student learning in general education." Ken lives in Frederick, Maryland with his wife of 19 years, Helen; younger daughter, Kate; and dog, Jack. His older daughter, Kristin, and granddaughter, Leah, live in Eugene, Oregon.

Shawn Lane

Dissertation Topic: A Qualitative Study of the Effect of Graduated Learning Plans On Students Enrolled in Developmental Reading Courses at a Multi-Campus Community College

Research Interests: Retention of developmental education students;
Strategic Planning

Shaun L. McKay

Shaun L. McKay is a second year doctoral student in the Community College Leadership Program at Morgan State University. He received his Master's from the College of Notre Dame in Baltimore, Maryland and his Bachelor's from the University of Maryland College Park in College Park, Maryland. Currently, he is the Director of Planning at the Community College of Baltimore County. He previously served as the fiscal administrator for Morgan State University's School of Engineering. His research interest is governance in the community college.

Robin Truiett

Robin Truiett is now in her fourth year as a member of the Loyola athletic administration. Truiett serves as the department's Senior Women's Administrator while also overseeing NCAA compliance issues. Truiett came to Evergreen from Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y., where she served as an Assistant Athletics Director/Senior Women's Administrator from May 1998 until the summer of 1999. Prior to that, she was the department's Compliance Coordinator and Academic Counselor. A 1995 graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, Truiett earned a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology. She went on to earn her Master of Science in Human Performance and Sport Studies from the University of Tennessee in August 1998, and is currently in the process of pursuing her doctoral degree from Morgan State University. In addition to her duties at Loyola, Truiett also serves on the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Committee and the NCAA Academics/ Eligibility/ Compliance cabinet. Truiett is a Baltimore native and resides in Baltimore City.