Professor, Higher Education and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Director, PhD Program in the Department of Educational Administration & Foundations (EAF), Illinois State University; Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Senior Research Scientist, Do Good Work Educational Consulting, LLC; Provost and Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs, Virginia Union University; Author, College Students' Sense of Belonging: A Key to Educational Success for All Students (2018), Student Development Theory in Higher Education: A Social Psychological Approach (2015), Theoretical Frameworks in College Student Research (2013); Co-Author, “I Just Want to Be a Regular Kid:” A Qualitative Study of Sense of Belonging Among High School Youth in Foster Care" (2020, Children and Youth Services Review) and The Evolving Challenges of Black College Students: New Insights for Policy, Practice, and Research (2012)