Office of Academic Affairs

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 B.A. in Architecture and 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 Assistant Dean of Students at Carleton College.

Role:

• Oversee and direct the administrative functions related to all areas of Academic Affairs;
• Provide strategic and resource planning for these areas; 
• Create and interpret academic policies and procedures;
• Lead and oversee staff hiring and development; 
• Manage budgets and resources. 

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.  

Role:

• Direct admissions, recruitment and financial aid;
• Partner with Associate Deans and faculty to lead recruitment strategies;
• Manage financial aid budget planning and forecasting;
• Hire, supervise and develop admissions and academic affairs staff.

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. 

Role:

• Manage and direct the work of the degree programs team who support students, faculty and academic programs;
• Lead efforts to identify and address needs related to student academic success, inclusion, wellness, in addition to accessibility, accommodations, and disabilities;
• Partner with Associate Deans to lead implementation of student programming and events;
• Hire, supervise, and develop degree programs and academic affairs staff.

Mae received her BS in Sociology and minor in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Mae came to Stanford in 2015 to the Graduate School of Business and moved to the GSE in 2021.

• Lead the assessment and development of resources, seminars, courses, or workshops to disseminate information about the uses of technology;
• Provide expertise and support in applying instructional design methodologies to develop, implement, and evaluate face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses;
• Consult with and help instructors and departments to incorporate technologies into faculty research projects, course design, curricula and co-curricula in support of student learning goals.

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.

Role:

• Manage all faculty searches, appointments, reappointments, and promotions for the UTL and NTL faculty within the GSE;
• Serve as liaison to the Provost’s Office for faculty affairs-related issues;
• Ensure compliance with School and University policies;
• Assist in faculty Conflict of Interest issues and manage annual COI disclosure process.

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. 

Role: 

• Collect and analyze data regarding areas of work in academic affairs including admissions, degree programs, courses enrollment, financial aid, and teaching evaluations; 
• Support financial aid budget planning;
• Evaluate the efficacy of academic affairs programs;
• Provide analysis and forecasting to support decision making, benchmarking, reporting and policy formulation.

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.  

Role: 

• Serve as program officer for the PhD programs;
• Manage student funding, degree progress and support for students;
• Serve as Graduate Financial Support System (GFS) expert user;
• Provide guidance, create and interpret academic policies and procedures.

Emily got her BA in psychology, with a minor in education, from UC Santa Cruz in 2014 and a teaching credential and MA in elementary education from SF State in 2018. They started at the GSE as a faculty administrative assistant in October 2022 after leaving classroom teaching.

Emily focuses on various critical aspects of GSE academic operations:

• Provide executive administrative support for the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Associate Dean of Educational Affairs;
• Assist with the logistical processes for faculty affairs actions, including faculty searches and recruitment;
• Support the Dean’s Executive Assistant with GSE faculty meetings;
• Process various requests, inquiries, and financial transactions related to faculty recruitment.

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.

Role:

• Serve as event lead for major student events such as Orientation and Commencement;
• Manage logistics for community engagement activities and Dean’s Office student programs;
• Manage the Visiting Student Researcher intake process;
• Serve as point of contact for GSE Student Guild, student groups, and first point of contact for the Academic Affairs team;
• Support multiple facets of admissions, student services, and academic operations.

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. 

Role:

• Manage and implement recruitment efforts to attract a diverse applicant pool and incoming student cohort;
• Develop long-term relationships and partnerships with institutions, organizations and programs that expand the pipeline;
• Maintain GSE Admissions webpages and compose, manage and implement prospective student communications plan;
• Manage doctoral and master’s admitted student events;
• Facilitate postdoctoral hiring and funding;
• Support admissions operations.

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.

Role:

• Manage the GSE’s curriculum planning and course scheduling processes;
• Support faculty searches, appointments, reappointments, and promotions for the faculty within the GSE;
• Serve as point of contact for faculty and other teaching staff in relation to GSE courses;
• Guide, interpret, and implement academic policies and procedures.

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.

Role:

• Supervise faculty affairs administrative specialist;
• Assist with processes for faculty affairs actions, including searches, appointments, reappointments and promotions;
• Provide operational support and guidance to search and review committees; 
• Assist with various miscellaneous requests and inquiries from faculty.

Michaela graduated from the University of San Francisco with a BA in Sociology and an MA in Teaching. Prior to joining the GSE, she worked as an elementary school teacher, curriculum developer, and administrator in teacher credentialing. Supporting future educators in navigating institutions prompted her to join the GSE's STEP team in 2023. She is currently pursuing an MA in Indigenous Education from Arizona State University.

Role:

• Manage STEP’s recruitment and admissions processes;
• Advise prospective and current teacher candidates on pre-requisites for coursework, financial aid, and degree progress;
• Serve as GSE’s credential analyst;
• Provide statistical data and reports for internal and external use.

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. 

Role:

• Serve as program officer for the Education Data Science (EDS) MS, International Comparative Education (ICE) / International Education Policy Analysis (IEPA) MA, Learning Design and Technology (LDT) MS, Joint Degree with the Graduate School of Business (MA/MBA), Joint Degree with the Stanford Law School (MA/JD), and Individually Designed Master’s programs;
• Serve as program officer for the GSE’s undergraduate Minor and Honors programs

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.

Role:

• Provide administrative support to the Academic Affairs Office;
• Assist with event planning;
• Process financial transactions;
• Manage the Visiting Scholar intake process;
• Manage Academic Area Group Meetings.