Amelia Parnell Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, D.C.

As a member of NASPA's Executive Leadership Team, I direct the Association's Research and Policy Team, and we deliver publications, live briefings, and professional development opportunities regarding issues that are central to the work of student affairs professionals. Products include NASPA-branded publications such as the Leadership Exchange Magazine, Policy and Practice brief series, Census of Vice Presidents of Student Affairs, and three peer-reviewed journals.I have managed over $20 million in grant-funded research to explore higher education topics and I provide leadership for the Association's timely analysis of federal and state legislation and regulatory developments. I also engage with several groups of NASPA volunteer members, including the Public Policy Division, Faculty Council, and Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Knowledge Community.

I teach Using Data for Action (ED 8170), which is a doctoral course in the College's Education Department.

In this role, I managed the Association's development of a Statement of Aspirational Practice for Institutional Research, an 18-month project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The action-oriented publication focused on program evaluation and improvement strategies and serves as the foundation of a future-oriented vision of institutional research. The project involved managing a group of subject matter experts and facilitating the pilot testing of the publication by 10 higher education institutions.I supported the Association's online educational activities, which included managing webinars on various data-related topics and providing content updates for the Data and Decisions Academy, a set of six courses for early-career institutional researchers. I also led the Association's creation of a matching travel grant program for regional institutional research associations and the development and delivery of the Association's monthly electronic newsletter.

I managed the Association's involvement in a two-year research project sponsored by the National Association of System Heads with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to examine the relationship between system and campus institutional research offices. Part one of the project included two national surveys of institutional research offices to gather information regarding the collection, storage, exchange, and reporting of data across systems and campuses. Part two of the project involved interviews with campus and system office directors of institutional research.

Courses EDH 5045 - Student Development Theories for College Student Personnel Work (Spring 2014)SDS 5624 - The American College Student (Fall 2014)

Tallahassee, Florida

I wrote policy reports and memoranda regarding higher education topics that included state tuition models, transfer student persistence and graduation rates, academic freedom, textbook affordability, and college student health insurance. I collected and analyzed quantitative and qualitative data and maintained relationships with state legislative research offices and higher education boards across the United States.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Graduate Research Certificate, Institutional Research

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration