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Kerri Smith
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Lecturer
Student Affairs Administration
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Kerri Smith Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Lecturer
Student Affairs Administration
Specialty area(s)
Assessment, faculty and student affairs partnerships, living learning programs.
Brief biography
I currently serve as the Assistant Director for Faculty Programs in the Office of Residential Life & Housing Services at NYU where I oversee the faculty in residence program, living learning communities, writers in residence, and assessment initiatives for the department. In addition to my role as an Associate Lecturer in the Student Affairs Administration program at the University Wisconsin-La Crosse, I am also also an adjunct faculty member in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at NYU, an Associate Editor for ACUHO-I's Journal of College and University Student Housing, and the co-chair for the annual Student Affairs Conference at NYU.
Education
B.A. in History, College of Holy Cross, 2003
M.S. in College Student Development & Counseling, Northeastern University, 2005
Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, 2012
Career
Teaching history
Courses taught include:
SAA 705: Higher Education Values, Philosophy & History
SAA 825: Finance and Budgeting
Professional history
Assistant Director/Residence Director, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, 2005-2008
Specialist for First-Year Academic Initiatives, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 2008-2010
Assistant Director, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 2010-2013
Research and publishing
Vianden, J., & Smith, K. A. (2011). Unfamiliar territory: Faculty discomfort with interactions with students outside of class during out-of-class academic initiatives. New York Journal of Student Affairs, 11(2), 27-46. [Link]