I’m Chair and Associate Professor of Educational Studies and the Inaugural Director of the Institute for Public Good (IPG) at Davidson College, my undergraduate alma mater. In this role, I lead and serves as chief strategist and ambassador for Davidson’s flagship initiative integrating research, teaching, creative practice, and community engagement to advance ethical leadership, civic education, and public problem-solving across the institute’s five program areas. I also founded the College Crisis Initiative (C2i), which is now a subsidiary of the IPG in the Public Policy and Research program area. My research portfolio includes working on the political, public health, and public policy issues surrounding crisis situations in higher education. My research has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals like PLOS One, Educational Researcher and Research in Higher Education, and peer-reviewed government and policy publications like the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reportfor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition to my contributions to Forbes, my work also has been featured in many national and international media outlets including The PBS NewsHour, NPR’s Morning Edition, Time Magazine, InsideHigherEd, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Washington Post, andThe New York Times. I earned my PhD from Vanderbilt University, and hold a master of public policy degree from Duke University.