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Contributors Linda Abriola is the dean of the Tufts School of Engineering and a professor of civil and environmental engineering. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Charles Becker is a research professor of economics at Duke University and from 2001 to 2007 served as director of the American Economic Association’s Summer Program and Minority Scholarship Program. Emily Blanchard is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Virginia. John Bound is a professor of economics at the University of Michigan, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a fellow of the Econometric Society. Myles Boylan is a program director in the National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education and a program director in the NSF’s Division of Undergraduate and Graduate Education. He received a PhD in industrial economics from Case Western University. Sharon M. Brucker is the coordinator of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Graduate Education Initiative database. 294 Contributors Andrea Conklin BueschelisaseniorprogramofficerwiththeSpencerFoundation and served as a research scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She received her PhD in education from Stanford University. Carlos Castillo-Chavez is a university regents professor and the Joaquin Bustoz Jr. Professor of Mathematical Biology at Arizona State University, where he directs the Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute. He is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from the National Science Foundation and the Office of the President of the United States. Carlos Castillo-Garsow is a mathematics education graduate student at the Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute at Arizona State University, and a former student of the Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute. Margery Davies is the director of the Office of Diversity Education and Development and the affirmative action officer for the School of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering at Tufts University. She received a PhD in sociology from Brandeis University. Daniel Denecke is director of best practices at the Council of Graduate Schools. He received a PhD in British literature from the Johns Hopkins University. Ronald G. Ehrenberg is the Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University, director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He currently chairs the National Research Council’s Board on Higher Education and the Workforce and is a member of the National Academy of Education, a fellow of the Society of Labor Economists, and a national associate of the National Academies. Helen S. Frasier is the program manager of best practices at the Council of Graduate Schools. Chris M. Golde is associate vice provost for graduate education at Stanford University and served as senior scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She received her PhD in education from Stanford University. M.R.C. Greenwood is the chancellor emerita of the University of California, Santa Cruz, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Institute of Medicine. She is currently a professor of biology and internal medicine at the University of California, Davis. Jeffrey Groen is a research economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics and a faculty associate at the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Michigan. [3.138.114.94] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 04:53 GMT) Contributors 295 Jong-on Hahm is a research professor in the Elizabeth Somers Center for Women’s Leadership at George Washington University and a distinguished senior fellow in the George Mason University School of Public Policy. She received her PhD in neuroscience from MIT. Cynthia Johnson was executive director of the Center for Excellence and Equity in Education at Rice University from 2006 to 2008. Laura Jones is director of heritage services and special projects at Stanford University . She was a senior scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Jones received her PhD in anthropology from Stanford University. Charlotte V. Kuh is the deputy executive director of the Policy and Global Affairs Division of the National Research Council and is the staff officer for the NRC’s Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs. A fellow of the Association for Women in Science, she earned a PhD in economics from Yale University. Cheryl Leggon is an associate professor in the School...

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