NACADA Summer Institute Faculty – New Orleans 2011

Joanne Damminger is the Dean of Student Affairs at Salem Community College, a small community college in NJ, where she oversees Athletics, the Educational Opportunity Fund Program, Enrollment and Transition Services, Financial Aid, Disability Services, Student Activities, and Student Success Programs including but not limited to advising, tutoring, academic alert, and supplemental in-class support.

Joanne’s work focuses on creating and sharing vision to increase student satisfaction, academic success, intentional learning, social adjustment, and retention. Her goals center on successfully moving students into the community college setting, through their educational experience, and on to graduation with the skills to be successful in their life plans.

Joanne also enjoys teaching in the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at Rowan University. The highlight of her work in the doctoral program is leading students through the dissertation process to the successful completion of their doctoral degree.
Joanne presents nationally and internationally on the topics of career advising, the first-year experience, creating living/learning communities, and helping students to become intentional learners.

Joanne is currently writing a chapter on Ethical and Moral Obligations for the upcoming “2011 NACADA Advising Administration Monograph.” She recently edited and authored a chapter in the “Handbook of Career Advising,” and published “Adding Value to the First-Year Experience: Embedding Self and Major Exploration in the College of Business Curriculum” published in the American Journal of Business Education. Joanne also published “A Collaborative, Holistic Career Development Program for Business Students” in the NACE Journal (March 2007), and she wrote the chapter “Self-Assessment: Relevance and Value in the First-Year” for the NACADA and FYE monograph entitled Academic Advising: New Insights for Teaching and Learning in the First Year.

Joanne earned her Doctorate in Education in Educational Leadership, a Master of Arts Degree in Student Personnel Services, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education from Rowan University.

Blane Harding currently serves as the Director of Advising, Recruitment, and Retention for the College of Liberal Arts and the University’s Prelaw Advisor. Mr. Harding has taught courses in African American history and Ethnic Studies for the past twenty one years. He received his BA in Interdisciplinary Communication from S.U.N.Y. at Brockport and his MA in 19th Century American history from Colorado State University. Mr. Harding has also served as a retention faculty member with the Council for Opportunity in Education which oversees the national TRio programs. He is a faculty member and currently serves as the Chair of the Summer Institute Advisory Board for the National Academic Advising Association as well as the Chair of the Multicultural Concerns Commission. He is a multicultural consultant for the National Academic Advising Association. Mr. Harding has published several articles on diversity, multicultural advising, and advisor training. Mr. Harding has presented at national conferences on various topics that focus on African American, Latino(a), Bi-racial, and Asian/Pacific Island students in higher education. His most recent publications include a chapter titled “Students with Specific Needs” in Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook October 2008 and “From Bridges to Coalitions: Collaboration Between Academic Advising Units and Offices that Support Students of Color”, NACADA 30 Anniversary Monograph Series, August 2009.

In 2001, Denver’s Channel 7 Television station recognized Mr. Harding as an “Everyday Hero” for his community involvement. He is the recipient of several honors and awards including: CSU Minority Distinguished Service Award, College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award, CSU Alumni Association “Six Best” Teacher Award, the City of Loveland “Citizens That Make a Difference”, Black Student Services Distinguished Faculty Award, History Department Phi Alpha Theta Outstanding Professor Award, the Provost’s Jack E. Cermak Advising Award, the Provost Oliver P. Pennock Distinguished Service Award, and most recently the Distinguished Administrative Professional Award.

Jo Anne Huber was born and reared in Beaumont, TX with BA/MA degrees in History from Lamar University in Beaumont. Her career began in teaching middle school followed by a 9-year career in the Office of Admissions/School Relations at Lamar University.

She moved to Austin in 1986 and joined the advising team in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas. In 1991 she helped organize and open the award-winning Undergraduate Advising Center (UAC) with Dr. Alice Reinarz, now Assistant Provost for Enrollment at Texas A & M University. In 1997 the office was merged into Liberal Arts. In 2000, Jo Anne was asked to coordinate the ever-growing number of Government majors as the Center was set for rapid growth of students and advisors. From 1200 students at that time, the population has soared to 2000-2200 and now has four academic advisors.

From active involvement in AACRAO and TACRAO, once at UT-Austin, Jo Anne became involved on her campus serving as president of the Academic Counselors Association (ACA) as well as in the National Academic Advising Association and has served in many capacities.

1993-95 Region 7 Chair
1995-99 Chair, Awards & Scholarships Committee
2002-07 Board member
2003-04 Vice President
2005-06 President
2009 Chair, Annual Conference in San Antonio

She has served in numerous other NACADA leadership positions, i.e., Advisory board for Administrator’s Institute, 2007-09; Chair, Publications Advisory Board, 2003-05; faculty/small group leader for Summer Institutes as well as an active member of the NACADA Consulting & Speakers Service consulting across the nation. She has numerous presentations on her own campus, regionally and nationally dealing in subjects related to academic advising. Jo Anne was the recipient of the 2010 Service to NACADA Award.

Marsha A. Miller, a NACADA member since 1988, joined the NACADA Executive Office staff in 2002 as Research Coordinator and now serves as NACADA's Assistant Director for Resources and Services.

Marsha was a peer advisor in the College of Education at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She earned a Master of Arts degree in learning disabilities at the University of Iowa and a Master's degree in counseling from Emporia State University. Marsha worked at Cloud County Community College for fourteen years in various capacities including teaching developmental skills and education courses, serving as ADA compliance officer, advising education majors and undecided students, editing the student handbook, and directed Student Services at a branch campus. Upon completion of her duties as Chair of the faculty committee charged with restructuring Cloud's advising and academic support services, Marsha was appointed as the first director of Cloud's Advising Center that received the NACADA Outstanding Advising Program award and the Noel-Levitz citation for Excellence in Student Retention.

Marsha has presented at a variety of state, regional, and national conferences, published articles, served as an advising consultant, received teaching awards, and co-authored chapters in the three NACADA monographs. She was co-editor of the 2010 NACADA monograph Comprehensive advisor training and development: Practices that deliver, and is a co-editor for the 2013 NACADA/Jossey-Bass advising approaches book.

In her position as NACADA Assistant Director for Resources & Services, Marsha directs the NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources (that, among other things, houses handbooks from 300+ institutions), serves as the NACADA Journal Book Review Editor, manages the publication of NACADA monographs and books, is a NACADA representative to the Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) Board, and answers member questions regarding advising related concerns.
Contact Marsha at miller@ksu.edu

Terry Musser is the Advising Coordinator for Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. As advising coordinator, she is responsible for advising oversight and development of 130 faculty and staff advisors and serves as the liaison between the College of Agricultural Sciences and the Division of Undergraduate Studies, a college of enrollment for undecided students. Prior to her role in Agricultural Sciences which began in 2008, Musser worked for over 16 years managing the programming for Penn State’s First-Year Testing, Consulting and Advising Program (FTCAP), a 50+ year old academic orientation program for incoming students. She also advised undecided students and student athletes over those 16+ years. Currently, Musser still advises undecided students and also coordinates and teaches the first-year seminar for students in the College of Agricultural Sciences. Additionally, she serves on the Associate Dean’s administrative team.

Musser received her BS and MS from Penn State’s Agricultural and Extension Education Program and her PhD, also from Penn State, in Instructional Systems.

Within NACADA, Musser has served on the Board of Directors, the Council as the Regional Division Chair, as a Regional Chair to Region 2, the Diversity Committee, the Emerging Leaders Advisory Board, and currently serves as the chair of the Webcast Advisory Board. She was instrumental in the design of the Emerging Leaders Program and also the reorganization of the NACADA leadership structure. Musser has presented at many regional and national NACADA conferences on various topics related to technology in advising, advising undecided students, teaching and advising and assessment of advising. She has published in the NACADA Clearinghouse and the monograph “Scholarly Inquiry in Academic Advising” as well as other non-NACADA publications. She has co-presented NACADA Webinars on technology in advising and the conceptual foundations of advising.

Musser received the NACADA Outstanding Advisor Award in 2005, the Research Grant Award in 2003, and a scholarship in 1997. In 2003, Musser was awarded the Excellence in Advising Award at Penn State, an award given to one faculty and one professional advisor each year from the entire University advising community. In 2001 she received the Phi Delta Kappa Andrew V. Kozak Award and the Phi Delta Kappa New Researcher Award in 1999.
Contact Terry at txm4@psu.edu

Charlie Nutt is Executive Director of the National Academic Advising Association. Prior to this position, Vice President for Student Development Services at Coastal Georgia Community College for nine years and Assistant Professor of English/Director of Advisement and Orientation for six years. He received his A.A. from Brunswick College, B.S.Ed. from the University of Georgia, M.Ed. and Ed.D. in Higher Educational Leadership from Georgia Southern University.

Nutt has had vast experience in education. He has taught English in grades 9-12, served as a department chair and assistant principal in a high school, served as Director of Development and Admission at a private K-12 institution, and for nine years was a teacher and administrator at Coastal Georgia Community College. He originated the college advisement center and orientation program that was awarded a Certificate of Merit by NACADA in 1995. He served as conference chair for the 1994 Region IV Regional Conference and served on the NACADA Executive Board as Region IV Representative for 1994-1996 and as Chair of the Two-Year College Commission 1996-99. He has served on the NACADA Awards Committee for five years and on several other ad hoc committees as appointed by the President. He was the national conference chair for the NACADA 2000 Conference in Orlando and served as President-Elect of NACADA for 2001-2002. He was the 2001 recipient of the NACADA Pacesetter Award. He also authored a chapter in the NACADA/Jossey-Bass Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook published in Fall 2000.

Nutt has presented at numerous state, regional, national, and international conferences on the topics of student success, academic advising, institutional effectiveness and assessment, retention, and advisor training and development.

Maura Reynolds is an associate professor of Latin and since 1988 has been the director of academic advising at Hope College, Holland, Michigan. Her work with NACADA has included serving on a variety of committees, being appointed to Council, and chairing the Small Colleges and Universities Commission as well as the Publications Advisory Board. Since 2008, she has been on the faculty of the Administrators Institute and has been energized by working with and learning from the staff and participants.
Maura has been a frequent presenter at NACADA Conferences and webinars, has authored book reviews, articles, and monograph and book chapters, and has served as a consultant to colleges and universities. At Hope, she supervises a faculty-only advising program, teaches in and has supervised Hope’s First Year Seminar Program, and spends lots of time working with students, families, and faculty. She tells people she has the best job at Hope College….and she believes it!

Becky Ryan is the Associate Director with the Cross-College Advising Service and Coordinator of the Exploration Center for Majors and Careers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since July 1994. She received her M.S. degree in Guidance and Counseling with an emphasis in Higher Education and Career Counseling in 1993.

Cross-College Advising Service (CCAS) supports the undecided and exploring population on the UW-Madison campus, and in this capacity, serves the entire University as a premiere Academic Advising resource on campus. Ryan is currently co-chairing a committee bringing the first ever, campus-wide shared notes system for advisors to fruition, and will soon begin serving on a campus-wide task force to review advising from a university perspective. It is expected that this important taskforce will work to suggest new perspectives for how the campus might re-work the current advising structure. She has served in numerous leadership roles in advising, including the NACADA Representative for Region 5 (2003-2005), President for the Wisconsin Academic Advising Association (WACADA), and for 2 terms as the Wisconsin State Liaison for the NACADA. She currently serves on the NACADA Professional Development Committee and the Awards committee. On campus, she serves as an ambassador of CCAS and advising resources, and has provided advising support and training to other advisors, housing staff, student organizations, campus tour guides, and campus administrators. She has just finished a term as President of the Madison Academic Staff Association and is a member of the University Bookstore board of trustees. Rebecca has also written for the New Advisor Guidebook and Academic Advising Today. In addition, she began presenting at NACADA in 1996, including a straight run from 1999-2009. Her presentations are generally in the area of advisor training and development.

Becky enjoys living in Madison, Wisconsin and loves spending time with her husband and 2 sons, John and Sam.