MEET THE NISTS TEAM

Bonita C. Jacobs, Ph.D.

President

University of North Georgia

NISTS Founder & Senior Fellow

Dimpal Jain, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

California State University, Northridge

Eileen Strempel, Ph.D.

Inaugural Dean
Herb Alpert School of Music

University of California,
Los Angeles

Stephanie Foote, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President, Teaching, Learning, and Evidence-Based Practices 

John N. Gardner Institute
for Excellence in
Undergraduate Education

James Mantooth, Ph.D.

Executive Director,

Office of Enrollment Services and Student Engagement 
 

University of Tennessee
at Martin

Barbara Tobolowsky, Ph.D

Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies 

University of Texas
at Arlington

Stephen Handel, Ph.D.

Executive Director,

Strategic Higher Education Assessment Use

The College Board

Mark Allen Poisel, Ed.D.

Higher Education Consultant

Toyia Younger, Ph.D.

Vice President for
Leadership Development
and Membership Services 
 

American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)

Alfred Herrera, MPA

Assistant Vice Provost
for Academic Partnerships;
Director, Center for Community College Partnerships
 

University of California,
Los Angeles

Rose Rojas, M.A.

District Director,
Center for Curriculum
and Transfer Articulation
 

Maricopa Community
College District 

Trudy Bers, Ph.D.

President

The Bers Group

Member Emeritus