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Established in 2004, the Charles E. Carpenter Lecture and Conference Endowment supports advances in professional development for community college leaders. Held each spring, the Carpenter Lecture features a nationally known speaker on a topic of importance to community colleges. In addition to current students in the Adult and Higher Education doctoral program, attendees include northwest community college leaders and members of the OSU community. The Carpenter Lecture has become a premier professional development event for community college leaders and has significantly advanced Oregon State University’s work in community college leadership.
The 2021 lecture will be held remotely.
Dr. Xueli Wang, Barbara and Glenn Thompson Professor in Educational Leadership, Professor in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis (ELPA), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Wang is a professor of higher education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She teaches graduate courses on community colleges, assessment in higher education, and mixed methods research in education. Her research addresses factors that influence college students’ learning, experiences, pathways, and success, with a particular focus on community colleges and STEM education. In collaboration with a number of community and technical colleges, her NSF-funded longitudinal, mixed methods projects have investigated beginning two-year college students' pathways and success, particularly in STEM fields, as well as how faculty development translates into teaching practices that subsequently shape students’ experiences and outcomes.
A notable example of her work is her book “On My Own” (Harvard Education Press, published April 2020) Grounded in longitudinal, mixed methods research, this book unravels inequities in access to transfer, particularly in STEM fields of study, and illuminates policy and practices toward cultivating equitable STEM transfer pathways.
For questions, please contact Lindsay Andrews, AHE program lead, at lindsay.andrews@oregonstate.edu.
2020 Dr. Francisco Rodriguez, Chancellor, Los Angeles Community College District, OSU AHE alumnus
2019 Dr. Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois
2018 Dr. Joanne Truesdell, President of Clackamas Community College and CCL alumna
2017 Daniel Solorzano, Professor of Social Science and Comparative Education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles
2016 Betty Duvall, Professor Emerita, Oregon State University
2015 Jamie Callahan, a Professor of Human Resource Development in the School of Education at Drexel University
2014 Edward J. Ray, President, Oregon State University
2013 Richard Wagoner, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, University of California, Los Angeles
2012 Camille Preus, Commissioner of the Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Developmment of Oregon
2011 Preston Pulliams, President, Portland Community College
2010 Mary Spilde, President, Lane Community College
2009 John “Ski” Sygielski, President, Mount Hood Community College
2008 Linda Barry, Vice President, Merritt College; Susan Kostick, Vice President, Edmonds Community College; Jim Sorensen, President, Treasure Valley Community College
2007 Ron Baker, Executive Vice President, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
2006 Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet, President, Institute of American Indian Arts
2005 George Boggs, President, American Association of Community Colleges