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Robert D. Reason


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Associate Professor of Education, College Student Affairs and Higher Education
Senior Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education

Penn State

College of Education
Department of Education Policy Studies
400 Rackley Building
                           University Park, PA 16802
                           (814) 863-3766
                           rdr12@psu.edu



Research Interests

Student learning in context, first-year student learning outcomes, social justice ally development in college, assessment in student affairs, campus climate and its effects on student learning


Courses Taught


Education

  • 2001, Ph.D., Iowa State University, Higher Education
  • 1994, M.S., Mankato State University, Counseling and Student Personnel with a concentration in College Student Development
  • 1992, B.S., Grinnell College, Economics


Recent Publications (Full CV available here)

  • Rankin, S. R., & Reason, R. D. (in press). Transformational Tapestry Model: a Comprehensive approach to transforming campus climate. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.
  • Reason, R. D. (2008). Rearticulating whiteness: A precursor to difficult dialogues on race. College Student Affairs Journal, 26, 127-135.
  • Reason, R. D., Terenzini, P. T., & Domingo, R. J. (2007). Developing social and personal competence in the first year of college. The Review of Higher Education, 30, 271-299.
  • Reason, R. D., & Rankin, S. R. (2006). College students' experiences and perceptions of harassment on campus: An exploration of gender differences. College Student Affairs Journal, 26(1), 7-29.
  • Reason, R. D., Terenzini, P. T., & Domingo, R. J. (2006). First things first: Developing academic competence in the first year of college. Research in Higher Education, 47, 149-175.
  • Reason, R. D., Roosa Millar, E. A., & Scales, T. C. (2005). Toward a model of racial justice ally development in college. Journal of College Student Development, 46, 530-546.
  • Rankin, S. R., & Reason, R. D. (2005). Differing perceptions: How students of color and white students perceive campus climate for underrepresented groups. Journal of College Student Development, 46(1), 43-61.

Consultancies and Training Workshops

  • Testimony to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Higher Education: Hearing on remediation services and student transition from seconday to post-secondary education (2007, March 27). State College, PA.
  • Outcomes Assessment in Student Affairs
    • University de Monterrey, Monterrey, MX. October 2008
    • Stanford University, Palo Also, CA. April 2007
    • The City College of New York. June 2006
    • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. October 2005
    • Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA. 2004
    • ACPA/CSHE Summer Seminar on Assessment in Student Affairs, University Park, PA. 2003-2006
    • Curriculum Director, 2004-2006
  • Campus Climate Assessments (with Rankin & Associates)
    • Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. 2008-present
    • Messiah College, Grantham, PA. 2007-2008
  • College Student Engagement and Learning
    • CIC Academic Leadership Forum, Chicago, IL. October, 2008
    • Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA. September 2008
    • Penn State University—Mont Alto campus, September 2008
    • Penn State University Smeal College of Business, August 2007


Funded Research Activities

CO-PI:
  • Evaluation of Pennsylvania's ACT 101 Programs (with Don Heller and Dorothy Evensen), February 2008-December 2008. Funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, $99, 612.
  • Parsing the First-Year of College (with Patrick Terenzini), January 2006-December 2008. Funded by Spencer Foundation Major-Grant, $453,725.
  • Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Outcomes—Faculty Survey (with Patrick Terenzini), March 2007-May 2008. Funded by Wabash College Center of Inquiry into the Liberal Arts, $17,751.
  • Foundations of Excellence in the First-Year of College, May 2003-December 2004 (with Patrick Terenzini), May 2003-December 2004. Funded by Policy Center for the First-Year of College through Atlantic Philanthropies and the Lumina Foundation for Education, $380,000.
PI:
  • A Longitudinal Qualitative Study of College Experiences, Racial Identity, and the Development of Social Justice Attitudes, September 2003-May 2005. Funded by Penn State University College of Education Research Initiation Grant, $8,290.

Professional Involvement and Service

  • Director of Research and Scholarship. American College Personnel Association, 2008-Present

Honors and Awards

  • 2007, Outstanding Teacher, Penn State, College of Education
  • 2006, Outstanding Young Professional, Iowa State University
  • 2004, Emerging Scholar, American College Personnel Association
  • 2001, December, Iowa State University Research Excellence Award