The Office of Academic Affairs manages the administrative functions related to degree programs, admissions, student services, academic Areas and programs, curriculum planning and faculty actions. To that end, the Office provides resources and support for policies, procedures, data analytics and decision-making regarding academic programs; student degree progress, student engagement and events; admissions, recruitment and financial aid; courses, enrollment and scheduling; faculty searches, appointments and promotions; postdoctoral scholars; adjunct and visitor appointments; and academic operations at the GSE.
Dr. Charity Hudley is a humanistic social scientist who describes and documents the linguistic, literary, and cultural experiences of Black learners across their lives. She uses a community-based participatory research methodology in all of her work and co-constructs information and findings with students, community members, and large teams of researchers. You can read more about them on her Black Academic Lab (BAD Lab). She has a particular focus on then sharing those findings with in-service educators who most immediately need them. Dr. Charity Hudley has a longstanding relationship with the American Federation of Teachers, and her newest work with the AFT. In addition to her publications and edited collections that are primarily geared toward academics and students, Dr. Charity Hudley is the co-author of four books for educators. She was appointed Associate Dean of Educational Affairs in 2022.
Dr. Padilla's research follows three major strands: (1) resilient students who achieve high levels of academic performance despite coming from home and community backgrounds that pose multiple challenges to educational excellence, including adaptation to U.S. culture and English by immigrant adolescents; (2) acculturation and acculturation stressors that impact the physical and psychological well-being of newcomer youth and adults as well as the acquisition of bicultural strategies for functioning in their home culture and in mainstream American culture; and (3) studies involving second language learning and teaching, and strategies for achieving bilingual proficiency especially among heritage speakers of numerous European and Asian languages. He has published widely in his areas of research expertise.
Dr. Padilla is also interested in quantitative research in multicultural contexts. He serves as the principal investigator of the California World Language Project (CWLP), a program that assists California teachers in world language instruction. A final interest includes the history of ethnic minority scholars in psychology. He was appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in 2021.
Shu-Ling received a BA in Architecture & German from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, and a Ed.M. and Ed.D. in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her career spans multiple areas of higher education administration. Before joining the GSE in 2013, she was Assistant Dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Director of Institutional Research at the University of Massachusetts President’s Office, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment at Bridgewater State University, Interim Director of Student Affairs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Assistant Dean of Students at Carleton College.
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Loida received a BS degree in Human Services from Lesley University and a Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She joined the GSE community in the summer of 2015 as the Associate Director of EdCareers. She then served the GSE as Director of Admissions and Financial Aid from February 2017 to June 2021, when she was promoted to her current position. Prior to coming to Stanford, Loida was the Director of Admissions at the Harvard Divinity School for five years. Prior to that, at Harvard Graduate School of Education, she was first Assistant Director of Financial Aid and later Senior Assistant Director of Admissions. She began her higher education career as Assistant Director of Financial Aid at Lesley University.
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Connie received a B.A. in Human Development from UC San Diego, a M.S.Ed in Higher Education from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Organizational Change from UCLA. Prior to joining Stanford GSE in 2023, Connie worked at a variety of universities including Penn, UCLA, Santa Clara University, and UC San Diego. Her career in higher education spans a variety of functional areas including student affairs, faculty affairs, research, and teaching. Promoting student success, inclusion, and wellness have been guiding principles of her career.
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Tanya received a BA in Art History and Criticism with a minor in Literatures in English from UC San Diego. She joined the GSE in 1998 and held a variety of faculty support positions before assuming the role of Faculty Affairs Officer in 2011.
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Carol received her Ph.D. in Educational Measurement and Statistics, and her MS in Statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Carol has extensive experience in educational research, data management, and data analysis. She joined the Stanford GSE team in 2019 as the Academic Services Analyst and was promoted to her current position in 2021. Before coming to Stanford, she worked as an Educational Data Analyst for the San Mateo County Office of Education.
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Jeremy earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Education from UC Santa Barbara, with an emphasis in Human Development and Cultural Studies, and his B.A. in Psychology at UCLA. Prior to joining Stanford GSE in 2023, Jeremy worked as a lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford and served as a youth facilitator for a community-based organization in the greater Los Angeles area. He brings forth a history of teaching and research in higher education, exploring college and career trajectories for developing scholars.
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Sam received her BA in Psychology from Cal State University Fullerton and a Master's of Education in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs from USC. Before joining GSE in 2023, she worked in student activities and programming, student government, residential education, and K-12 after-school care.
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Wesley received his BA from UCLA in Communications and Psychology and M.S.Ed. in Higher Education from the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the Stanford GSE team in 2016 as the Academic Services Officer before being promoted to Assistant Director of Admissions and Academic Services in 2019 and most recently Associate Director of Admissions and Academic Affairs. Before joining Stanford, Wesley worked as the Assistant Director of Graduate Admission at USC Viterbi School of Engineering.
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Andrea earned her B.A. in Sociology at the University of San Francisco before earning an M.S. in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Colorado State University. Andrea joined the GSE community as the Assistant Director of Admissions and Academic Affairs in the Spring of 2023. Prior to her arrival at Stanford, she was working at Santa Clara University in their LEAD Scholars program as their Associate Director of Curricular & Co-curricular Engagement.
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Tommy earned his MA in International Comparative Education from Stanford University and his BA in English Literature specializing in Writing from New York University. Tommy’s previous higher education experience includes working at New York University’s Stern School of Business as Assistant Director of Financial Aid. He has extensive experience overseas, teaching English and facilitating intercultural exchange both in South Korea at a private school and in Japan as a participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET). He has also assisted workers in Lower Manhattan following the events of September 11, 2001 as a Session Facilitator for Safe Horizon’s Ongoing Recovery Program. Tommy joined the Academic Affairs team in 2014.
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Jesse earned his BA in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining the GSE Faculty Affairs team in July 2021, Jesse worked as the Stanford Graduate School of Education Dean’s Office Manager. Prior to coming to Stanford in 2019, he worked at the YMCA of Silicon Valley for five years.
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Michaela graduated from the University of San Francisco (USF) with a BA in Sociology and an MA in Teaching. She was an elementary school teacher, Fred T. Korematsu Institute Curriculum Developer, and Credential Analyst at USF's School of Education. Supporting future educators, particularly those with similar backgrounds and barriers, prompted her to join Stanford GSE’s STEP team in 2023. As an advocate for her Pacific Islander (PI) community, some of Michaela’s proudest moments include serving on SFUSD’s Oceanic Student Initiative board, representing Organize Oceania, and graduating from Empowering PI Communities’ PI Leaders of Tomorrow program. Presently, she volunteers for SFUSD's VĀSĀ Oceanic Studies high school pathway.
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Caroline received a BA in English and Native American Studies from UC Davis; and a MLA from Stanford. Before joining the GSE, she worked at UC Davis and San Jose State University. Recently, she spent two summers in Ireland excavating a medieval castle and examining ancient and modern colonial processes. She joined the GSE’s Academic Affairs team in 2010.
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Terrance Turner received a B.A. in Sociology from Haverford College. Before joining the GSE Academic Affairs team in December 2017, Terrance worked at the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute (SELI), the Stanford Schools Corporation, the Stanford School Redesign Network (SRN), the Principal Fellows Program, and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) 2008-17. Prior to coming to Stanford in 2006 he worked in Philadelphia as a grant writer for a group of non-profit organizations seeking community based solutions to the problems of the inner city. Outside of Stanford GSE, Terrance enjoys the study of Logic, Mathematics and Philosophy and finding better ways to teach them.
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