Joyce B. Buck, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Past Involvement in NACADA:

Years in NACADA: 19 years

National Offices Held and Accomplishments Achieved While in Office:

• Vice president for Commissions, 2000-2002-worked to create new interest groups (1) in Assessment that is now a commission, (2) Liberal Arts Advisors, (3) Advising Fine Arts Students; and, coordinated creation of new division within NACADA structure.
• Chair, Advisor Development Commission, 1997-1999
• Mid-Atlantic Region 2 Representative, 1988-1990

Regional Activities/Offices Held, including accomplishments achieved while in office:

• While regional representative, chaired the Steering Committee and coordinated regional conferences with conference chairs.
• Most recently chaired the Program Committee and coordinated publications for the regional meeting held at Penn State.

Committee Activities and Accomplishments:

• Member, Research Committee, 1994-present-As a member of the committee, I have reviewed research proposals and presented the pre-conference workshop on research and grant proposal writing.
• Member, Awards Committee, 2001-2002
• Chaired task forces on advisor certification and NACADA revenue enhancement.

Commission/Interest Group Activities and Accomplishments:

• Current member of Advising Administration Commission and Assessment of Advising Commission
• Current member of Theory and Philosophy of Advising Interest Group
• Webmaster for the Advisor Development Commission before being the chair.

Other:

• Penn State received the 2001 advisor publication award for The Penn State Adviser for which I am co-author and general editor.

Platform Statement:

The creation of new knowledge is the heart of scholarship in higher education. As the national leader in academic advising, NACADA must work to help members understand the importance of research and to help them to gain skills in research. The committee must promote scholarship through the NACADA research grants program, helping researchers from the proposal stage through publication.

I would carry on the work done by Vicki McGillin and Rich Robbins, continuing the pre-conference workshops that we have offered for some time now. The committee needs to continue to mentor proposal writers to help them succeed in getting grants from us. I think we also need to work on a way to get research results published quickly. The committee, through Marsha Miller in the Executive Office, can explore what avenues are available to our sponsored researchers.

My own research background started with my master of science degree in educational psychology. We are the folks who learn research methods and conduct studies about human learning, particularly in educational settings.