CURRENT STUDENTS STUDYING COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Rozana Carducci: rcarducc@ucla.edu Research interests include academic leadership, qualitative research methods, and organizational culture.

June Chang: junec@ucla.edu Research interests include transfer and diversity issues at the community college, teaching and learning in higher education, and science higher education.

Dean Gerdeman: gerdeman@ucla.edu Research interests include undergraduate science education and teacher training at two- and four-year institutions, and the role of higher education in influencing K-12 science education practice.

Carrie Kisker: ckisker@ucla.edu Research interests include organizational change in two and four year colleges, student affairs administration, and educational policy.

Carol Kozeracki: ckozerac@ucla.edu Research interests include community college faculty, professional development, and remedial education.

Michelle Plecha: mplecha@ucla.edu Research interests include the emerging trend of the community college baccalaureate (CCBA) and whether it is possible for community colleges to offer bachelor degrees and retain their institutional identity or over time.

Pam Schuetz: pschuetz@ucla.edu Research interests include linking theory and practice to assess and improve community college effectiveness, student persistence, and learning outcomes.

Caroline Sheldon: csheldon@cerritos.edu

Maryam Zarkesh: Maryam@ucla.edu Research interests include community college students, women in higher education, and students with disabilities in community colleges.

James Schirmer: askjames@ucla.edu Research interests include community colleges, transfer students, retention of community college and transfer students, transfer patterns, and the structure of higher educational institutions and student choice.

NOTABLE ALUMNI

William Armstrong- Director of Student Research and Information at University of California, San Diego

Jan Ignash- Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of South Florida

Chris McCarthy- President, Napa Valley College

James Palmer- Professor, Illinois State University

Mary Spangler- President, Oakland Community College

THE ARTHUR M. COHEN and FLORENCE BRAWER COHEN FELLOWSHIP

Established in 2003, this prize is awarded to a student who has advanced to candidacy and for the PhD and is working on a dissertation focused on community colleges. The first recipient was Michelle Plecha, who is researching the impact of the community college baccalaureate on the culture of the community college.

In addition to The Arthur M. Cohen and Florence Brawer Cohen Fellowship, students interested in the study of community colleges have access to funding opportunities through Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) positions that are available to first and second year students.